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Bennett, Ellena Yates Booker   237101
Birth: 05/06/1900    Death: 02/05/2002    Marriage: TWICE
Cemetery: Rocky Ford (NOT PLOTTED)
Record Source: The Paris News
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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/16/2025)

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THE PARIS NEWS,  May 11, 2001:  "Ellena Bennett, 99, 816-10th NE, died Sunday, May 6, 2001, at Christus St. Joseph's Hospital.  Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at New Birth Baptist Church with the Rev. S. F. Evans officiating. Maxey Funeral Home will make burial in Rockyford Cemetery in Roxton.Surviving are two sons, Leo Rose of San Diego and Lavern (Fayrene) Bennett of Dallas; a daughter, Louise Booker Brown of Paris; and godchildren, Patricia Robins, Yolunde Robins Reeves, Tony Robins, Lonnie Robins, and Donna Robins Jackson."

Information from Thelma Dangerfield, msty@att.net, 3/28/2015: Information from 1900 US Federal Census has birth as May 1900. Her parents were Alex & Lucinda Black Yates. Siblings: Mary, Jim, Cora, Louise, Robert, Itha & Ada. Married 1st on 10-30-1915 to Walter Booker and had children: Mary E., Louise & Alma. Married 2nd on 8-18-1923 to Andrew Bennett and had children: Jimmy Lee, Lewis & Veine.


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