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Sherman, Texas - Opal J. Bennett, devoted wife, nurturing mother, and loving "Nana" to her grandchildren, was called home to Heaven on Wednesday, January 27, 2021.
Opal was born in Leonard, Texas on August 14, 1932, daughter of Noel and Inet Bartlett. She graduated from Sherman High School in 1952 and married her high school sweetheart and loving husband in 1953 for an enduring relationship lasting 67 years. She was an excellent cook, great conversationalist, and best known for her selfless effort to always assure that everyone around her was comfortable and well taken care of. She enjoyed family trips to Branson, Missouri and frequently traveled to live with her husband during his prolonged out of town assignments. During the earlier years and prior to her health issues, she was a member of Trinity Baptist Church where she frequently was requested to sing solos as well as participate in duet and quaretet arrangements. She was employed at the Grayson County Tax Office and Whopper Stopper Lures Company in Sherman, but she "shined" in her role as a Rehab Technician in her son's Physical Therapy office in Richardson, Texas for 15 years providing the same nurturing care for patients as she would for her own family.
Opal is survived by her husband, Bill Bennett; daughter, Toni Morrell; son, Richard Bennett and wife, Angela; grandsons, Aaron Bennett and wife, Rachel; and Adam Bennett. She was also blessed with great-grandchildren, Wyatt and Naomi Bennett.
Preceding Opal in death were her parents; sister, Peggy Emory; brother, Charles Bartlett; and son-in-law, Richard "Monk" Morrell.
Due to Covid-19 the family wishes to celebrate Opal's life with a private graveside service at Akers Cemetery. - - -Waldo Funeral Home

John William "Bill" Bennett, 89, was born on March 15, 1934; he joined his wife, Opal, in Heaven on July 11, 2023 as he passed peacefully from this life to be with the Lord with his children and grandson by his side.
Bill was the son of Loy D. and Euleta Louise Bennett in Sherman, Texas and grew up working on the family farm near Dorchester, Texas, developing a strong work ethic and becom ing a Christian at an early age. He graduated from Sherman High School in 1952 and attended the University of North Texas in Denton.
Bill made a career choice, learning to lay brick, and started a masonry contracting company initially workin on residual ventures but eventually shifting his focus to commercial construction chiefly working for Wayne Emory Masonry for several decades. He ran a brick laying vocational school to prepare apprentice candidates in achieving their Journeyman designation. His expertise and ethical reputation for manaing construction projects and crews was widely respected with Bill being called out of retirement twice in order to secure contracts from General Contractors for various larger projects.
Bill was known for loving the outdoors, devoting much of his spare time in the earlier years taking multiple hunting and fishing trips, riding his motorcycle, and flying his airplane. He was devoted to his wife, children and grandchildren, making "family" the focus of his life. He married Opal Bartlett, his high school sweetheart, in 1953 and enjoyed 68 years of marriage until Opal's passing.
Bill is preceded in death by his parents; his wife; and his son-inlaw, Richard "Monk" Morrell.
He is survived by daughter, Toni Morrell, of Pottsboro; son, Richard Bennet and wife, Angela; grandson, Aaron Bennett and wife, Rachel; grandson, Adam Bennet; and great-grandchildren: Wyatt, Naomi, and Chandler Bennett - all of Sherman. He is also survived by special friends, Mike and Judy Ciaccio and Michael Emory as well as supportive neighbors, Diana and Bobby Richerson.
A Celebration of Life graveside service was held July 25, 2023 at Akers Cemetery under the direction of Waldo Funeral Home. Bill's cousin, Rev. Jerry Scott, officated the service.

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