Dallas Morning News

December 23, 2006

Dallas, Texas

Les Bentley

BENTLEY, LES, Funeral services for Les Bentley, 94 will be held December 24, 2006 at the Rose-Neath Funeral Chapel in Arcadia. With Reverend Jeff Hoffman Officiating. Internment will follow at Pines Memorial Gardens in Ruston, LA. Visitation will be held 4:00-6:00 P.M. Saturday December 23 at Rose-Neath Funeral in Arcadia. Les was born February 4, 1912 in the Cego Community near Eddy, Texas. He died December 22, 2006 after a brief illness. He was the son of Fieldon Oras and Sallie Pace Bentley. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Reuben and Milton Bentley and sister Ella Merle Jones. He is survived by his wife of 66 years Ruby Warren Bentley; son Michael W. Bentley and wife Marilyn of Sugarland, TX; 2 daughters, Mary Jane Gabrielson and husband Lyle of San Diego, CA; Linda Carol Haddox and husband Lamar of Arcadia, LA; brother Clarence Bentley of Dallas, TX; ten grand children; and six great-grandchildren. He lived in the Dallas, Texas area since 1932 until moving to Arcadia, LA. in 1998. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Arcadia. He retired from the Dallas Postal Service after 32 years service as superintendent of several stations: East Oak Cliff, Wynnewood and Joe Pool Station. He also worked for the State Fair of Texas as gates supervisor for 33 years. After retirement he was a real estate broker for several years. He was a loving and devoted husband and father. We will miss his sense of humor, quick wit, and wonderful stories about his long, fulfilled life. We will all miss "Pa". Pallbearers will be his grandson, Joseph Leslie, Doug Haddox, Lee Jay Haddox, Jeremy Haddox, Bret May and T.V. Razer. Rose-Neath Funeral Arcadia, LA 318-263-2094

Note: Les Bentley attended schools in Marlin and was in the 1928 graduating class. -mwb