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Elizabeth Campbell Callahan Bennett obituary, Out-Of-State, VA

Elizabeth Bennett Obituary

Elizabeth Campbell Callahan Bennett, 88, of Kingsport, Tenn., died early Tuesday morning, December 15, 2009, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. She was born on October 30, 1921, in Roanoke, Va., to the late Warren Prentiss and Lucy Thacker Campbell. She received her education in the Roanoke schools, attending Jefferson High School. She attended James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., and earned a B.S. degree from Roanoke College in Salem, Va. Mrs. Bennett studied organ at Hollins College, Roanoke, Va., and King College, Bristol. She moved to Kingsport in 1946 with her husband, Andrew J. Bennett. She was a longtime member of First Presbyterian Church in Kingsport, where she was also a Sunday school teacher. She was a den mother for Cub Scouts for several years, and was a member of the Kingsport Junior Service League as well as several social clubs. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Lt. Keith S. Callahan; and her second husband, Andrew Johnston Bennett Jr.; her parents, Warren Prentiss and Lucy Thacker Campbell; her brother, Warren Prentiss Campbell Jr., all of Roanoke; and her beloved cats, Sushi, John Boy, Janie and Bobby. She is survived by a daughter, Lucy Elizabeth Bennett, of Kingsport; and four sons, Richard Johnston Bennett and wife, Ruth, of Eagleville, Tenn., David Campbell Bennett, of Kingsport, Stephen Armistead Bennett and wife, Karen, of Houston, Texas, and Robert Prentiss Bennett and wife, Lisa, of Greeneville, Tenn.; and a grandson, Sgt. Richard Gregg Bennett and wife, Lyndsey, of Fort Irwin, Calif. She is also survived by a special friend of the family, Zack Ewenetu, of Charlotte, N.C. Entombment services will be held 2:30 p.m. on Monday, December 21, 2009, in Evergreen Burial Park in Roanoke, Va., with The Rev. Tupper Garden officiating. Rev. Garden is the minister of Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church, the church Elizabeth grew up in. Memorial contributions may be made to Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church, 1837 Grandin Road, SW, Roanoke, Va. 24015. For Online condolences, visit www.hamlettdobson.com. Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport, Tenn., is serving the family of Elizabeth Campbell Callahan Bennett.

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Published by Roanoke Times on Dec. 17, 2009.

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