Mary J. Bennett
September 30, 1938 ~ October 21, 2017 (age 79) 79 Years OldShare Tribute:
Mary Jean Bennett passed away on October 21, 2017 after a long journey with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was born on September 30, 1938 in Gettysburg, PA to Paul and Mary Isabel Griffith. She spent her growing years in Taneytown, MD and Hagerstown, MD. She was the devoted mother of four children who she raised in Richmond, VA and Wake Forest, NC. After her children were grown she moved to High Point, NC where she lived until moving back to Wake Forest in 2007.
She is preceded in death by her son James Alan King, Jr and husband Richard L. Bennett.
Funeral services were held 1:00 pm Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at Franklinton Baptist Church, 102 W Mason St, Franklinton. Burial followed in Pine Forest Memorial Garden in Wake Forest.
She is survived by her children Susanne (Jimmy) Harris, Joseph (Donna) King, William (Yvonne) King, sister Margaret (Peggy) Garner, brother James Griffith, five grandchildren, and two great grandchildren and many loved nieces and nephews.
A service of Bright Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 405 S. Main St., Wake Forest. 919 556-5811
www.brightfunerals.com