Alpha Bennett

Alpha Bennett, 91, of Moyers, WV died Sunday evening, November 22, 1998 in the Grant County Nursing Home at Petersburg, WV.

She was born December 18, 1906, in Pendleton County, WV, a daughter of the late Harman H. and Etta (Warner) Sponaugle.

Mrs. Bennett was a homemaker and was a member of the Totten Chapel United Methodist Church.

She is survived by two daughters, Judy M. McQuain of Franklin, WV, Delane E. Bland of Wickliffe, OH; two sons and daughters-in-laws, Paul C. and Nancy E. Bennett of Moyers, WV, Harlan W. and Darlene Bennett of Damascus, MD; four sisters, Kitty Waybright of Sebring, Fl, Elsie White of Franklin, WV and Levine Butcher of Riverton, WV and Ildeta Lambert of Circlville, WV; two brothers, Roscoe Sponaugle of Charlottesville, Va. and McClure Sponaugle of Avon Park, Fl,; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Bennett was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis Bennett, on June 30, 1987 and by three infant sons, Hartzel, Raymond and Guy Bennett.

A funeral service will be conducted 11 a.m. Wednesday, November 25, 1998 at Obaugh Funeral Home by the Rev. Charles W. Townsend. Burial will be in the Cedar Hill cemetery in Franklin, WV.

Active pallbearers will be Steve Bennett, Michael Bennett, Terry Bennett, Stacy Bennett, Roy Ellinger and Justin Mines.

Honorary pallbearers will be friends attending the service.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 Tuesday evening in the Obaugh Funeral Home at McDowell.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Totten Chapel United Methodist Church, Moyers, WV 26815.