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Maggie Muriel Ward Bennett, 94, member of New Life Baptist Church

Maggie Muriel Ward Bennett
Maggie Muriel Ward Bennett

Maggie Muriel Ward Bennett, 94, of Ash, has gone to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 6, 2014.

Mrs. Bennett was born on August 12, 1920, in Brunswick County. She was a daughter of the late John Butler and Rosa Bennett Ward.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ivan Vinson “Bill” Bennett, and her three brothers, J.B. Ward, Bennie Brooks Ward, and Willie Ward.

Surviving are her four children, Ivan Vinson Bennett, Jr., of Ash; Dixie Bennett, and husband, Jim Gleason, of Springfield, Virginia; Jill Bennett, of Ash; and Joy Bennett, of Ash; two grandchildren, Patrick Hughes, and wife, Olivia Quijote, of Alexandria, Virginia; and Rebecca Kumpf, and husband, Scott, of Daytona Beach, Florida; two sisters, Pauline Everette, of Fair Bluff, and Mae Brooks, of Oakboro.

Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, November 7 in New Life Baptist Church, where she was a member, by the Rev. Clayton Rivenbark. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.

Casketbearers will be Scott Bennett, Doug McKeithan, Tom Mabry, John Brooks, C.E. Gore, and Brandon Hughes.

Family requests in lieu of flowers memorials be directed to Doctors without Borders-USA, P.O. Box 5030, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5030 or www.doctorswithoutborders.org.

Private online condolences may be sent to the family at www.brunswickfuneralservice.com.

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