Roy Oscar Bennett

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Biographical information, below, copied from his FindAGrave memorial page, created by Patsy Bennett Miller.

Roy O. Bennett was the son of Wiley Dorson & Lena Mae Bennett. He lived in Los Fresnos, Texas most of his life. He worked as a Long Shoreman at the Port in Brownsville. Roy & Verda helped start a church in their home, called Portway Baptist. When it outgrew their home, the Church built right next door and its still there today. Roy & Verda raised 4 sons and loved on 8 grandchildren and many great grandchildren.

Roy married Verda Julia Haynes about 1936. Verda was born on 13 Nov 1917 in Texas; died on 4 Nov 2007 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas; was buried in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]