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Gordon Wallace Bennett

July 4, 1926 — April 20, 2014

Mr. Gordon “Wally” Wallace Bennett, 87, passed away Sunday, April 20, 2014, at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Friday, April 25, 2014, at Lady’s Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Sam Crisp will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park with military honors by the Cabarrus County Veterans Honor Guard.

The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:30 Friday prior to the service at Lady’s Funeral Home.

Mr. Bennett was born July 4, 1926 in Madison, GA. He was a son of the late Patrick McWhorter Bennett and Essie Belle Seabolt Bennett. He graduated from JW Cannon High School in 1944. Mr. Bennett was a US Army WWII veteran earning the Victory Medal and Unit Citation for his service. He retired as foreman for Cannon Mills Company Plant #2. Mr. Bennett was a member of VFW Post 8989, DAV Chapter 27 and American Legion Post 115.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Kathleen Kelsey Bennett; and two brothers, Patrick M. Bennett, Jr. and Donald Ray Bennett.

Mr. Bennett is survived by his daughter, Patsy “Pat” B. Beck and husband David of Charlotte; niece Jo Ann B. Smith and husband Grady of Concord; two nephews, Jerry W. Bennett and wife June of Greensboro and David R. Bennett and wife Jeena of Cleveland, TN; and many great nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be sent to Kannapolis Church of God, 2211 West A Street, Kannapolis, NC 28081.

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