Carol Bennett
The Revs. Jim Barnhouse and Kevin Keeling will officiate at the funeral service at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hornbeak Funeral Chapel in Fulton. Interment will be in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Dukedom.
Visitation will be at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. today and after 8 a.m. Tuesday until the funeral hour.
Memorials may be made to Relay for Life and sent to 302 Carr Street, Fulton, KY 42041; or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000 Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908.
She was born March 22, 1942, in Brooklyn, N.Y. She had moved to this area in 1992 from New Jersey, was a waitress at the former Park Terrace Restaurant in South Fulton and attended Mt. Carmel Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Charles F. Bennett of Fulton; her daughter, Robin Doescher of Florence, S.C.; two stepdaughters, Gina (Bennett) Wall and LeAnne (Bennett) Perry, both of South Fulton; two stepsons, Jonny Bennett of Athens, Ala., and Temmy Bennett of Fulton; three grandchildren, Roy Hagan of Mayfield, Ky., Chris Besner of Almo, Ky., and Jesse Doescher of Florence, S.C.; nine step-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren; two sisters; and two brothers.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, James Caruthers “Jimmy” Barham; her parents, Joseph and Ada Messmer; and her sister.
Online tributes may be left at www.hornbeakfuneralchapel.com.