Billy Bennett
July 18, 1933 — June 25, 2012
BILLY RAY BENNETT SR. 78 OF COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS DIED MONDAY JUNE 25, 2012 AT A TEMPLE HOSPITAL. BILLY WAS BORN JULY 18, 1938 IN LONE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO FRANK AMOS AND LULA PEARL COKER BENNETT. HE RETIRED FROM THE US ARMY AS A SFC. HE WAS A BAPTIST AND A MEMBER OF THE VFW, MOOSE LODGE, AMERICAN LEGION, DAV AND THE MASONIC LODGE. BILLY IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER JANICE BENNETT OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA SONS TIMONTHY BENNETT OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS THOMAS BENNETT OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS AND BILLY RAY BENNETT II OF HOUSTON, TEXAS SISTERS NADINE KIDDY OF YUMA, ARIZONA NINA SLATON OF LAMPASAS, TEXAS ELDA FIERCE OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA BROTHER TERRY BENNETT OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA AND 7 GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS FRANK AND LULA BENNETT SISTER JOYCE NOBLE AND BROTHER EULIS BENNETT. SERVICE WILL BE HELD 10 AM THURSDAY JUNE 28 AT SHEPPARD FUNERAL HOME BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT THE COPPERAS COVE CITY CEMETERY WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS. VISITATION WILL BE HELD FROM 6 - 8 PM WEDNESDAY.