Carroll M. Bennett

Graveside services for Carroll M. Bennett, 73, of Thomasville will be Tuesday, December 30 at 11:00 AM in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Rev. Dr. Dan Spencer will officiate. Mr. Bennett died on December 28, 2008 in Thomasville. The son of the late Burton B. and Ruth Gray Bennett, he was born on Oct. 6, 1935 in Cook Co., GA. On June 11, 1958 in Albany, GA, he married Patricia Patten Bennett, who survives. Mr. Bennett began his work career in Thomasville as a manager for Dairy Co and later went to work and retired from the State of Georgia, Dept. of Agriculture. He was member of Antioch Methodist Church in Adel and a former member of the Thomasville Kiwanis Club. Mr. Bennett enjoyed hunting, fishing, University of Georgia football, watching Andy Griffith on television, and being Papa to his 2 granddaughters. Other survivors include a son, Brad Bennett of Tallahassee, FL; son and daughter-in-law, Todd and Gina Bennett of Thomasville; 2 granddaughters, Haley and Abbey Bennett. Other survivors include 3 sisters, Virginia Bennett and Mattie Ruth Emrich of Adel and Betty Jean Lloyd of Valdosta, GA. A sister, Mary Jo Fletcher preceded him in death. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 on Monday night at Allen & Allen Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Archbold Foundation for New Oncology Building, 910 S. Broad St., Thomasville, GA 31792.