Mary Lillie Love Bennett

Mary Lillie Love Bennett, age 97, passed away May 2, 2012 at Quitman. Born February 8, 1915, to the late Samuel B. and Ethel Trawick Love of Quitman. Married to the late Thurman Bennett of Quitman. She was a homemaker and a loving Christian mother and grandmother. Preceded in death by four children, Gerald Bennett, Jack Edward Bennett, Carolyn Sue Govar, and Thurman Bennett Jr., and one great-grandchild. Survived by children, Wayne (Minnie Raye)Bennett of Quitman, Marian (Stanley) Kennedy of Quitman, and Terry (Jackie) Bennett of Conway; two daughters-in-law, Linda Sue Bennett of Benton and Shirley Bennett of North Little Rock; 13 grandchildren, David Bennett, Dale Bennett, Karen Reeves, Jacque Reynolds, Jim Bennett, Lisa Shudak, Shuree Carpenter, Rodney Bennett, Cheryl Brannon, Brian Thompson, Josh Kennedy, Justin Bennett, and Seth Bennett; 24 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Visitation Friday, 6-8 p.m., Olmstead Funeral Home. Service Saturday, 2:30 p.m., Olmstead Chapel. Interment Goodloe Cemetery. www.olmstead.cc.