Gertie Bennett

Gertrude “Gertie” Bennett, 94, of South Fulton died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, at her home in the Pierce Station community.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Obion County Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be at Hornbeak Funeral Chapel from noon until time to leave for service Saturday.
Hornbeak Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
She requested no flowers and for expressions of sympathy be made to her favorite charity, St. Jude Children’s Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908.
She was a member of the Johnson Grove Baptist Church and was employed by Henry I. Siegel Company for 42 years as a seamstress and then as a “floor lady.” Although being blind for 30 years, she remained independent and enjoyed life.
She is survived by two daughters, Marietta Hardy (Ralph) of Fulton and Lutrecia Stephens (Wallace) of High Ridge, Mo.; four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, G.L. “Doc” Bennett; her parents, Leslie E. Cape and Margaret Craddock Cape; and a sister, Beatrice Bennett.
Online tributes may be left at www.hornbeakfuneralchapel.com.
Published 10.26.17