BENJAMIN MONTGOMERY

Benjamin Young
"Bey" Montgomery
December 10, 2008 - March 3, 2020

TAMPA, FLORIDA
Bey Montgomery, a fifth-grade student at Seminole Heights Elementary, died Tuesday, March 3, around 7 p.m., at home in Tampa. He was 11. He was a lover of nature, an expert tree climber, and a long-distance hiker, having completed more than 400 miles of the Appalachian Trail. He was a celebrated shuffleboard player, and a collector of things you might think are junk. He wrote poetry, competed in Math Bowl, and finished second in his school's 4-H Tropicana Speech Competition. He is survived by his mother, Jennifer Evanchyk; father, Ben Montgomery; and sisters, Asher and Morissey Montgomery, all of Tampa; his paternal grandparents, John and Donna Burruss, and his maternal grandparents, James and Patricia Evanchyk, all of Oklahoma; his great grandfather, Arthur K. Scott, of Oklahoma; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
He will be remembered at a service at 10 a.m. Sunday, at Shuffle, 2612 North Tampa Street in Tampa.