Robert David "Bob" Bennett

Robert David (Bob) Bennett, 77 of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at his residence. Born on July 10, 1927 in Sylvania, GA, he was the son of the late Robert H. (Bud) and Leona Crews Bennett. He was reborn in Christ by baptism in 1937. He had been an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Valdosta since 1963 where he was a Sunday School teacher and a member of the Live Embers. He was a Yeoman First Class in the United States Navy from 1945 until 1949. He had been a member of the American Legion since 1949 and retired from the Civil Service in 1989 with 44 years service and was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. He also served for 10 years as a Senior Citizen (Bag Boy) for Winn-Dixie. Mr. Bennett was a founding member and officer of the Dixie Federation Callers Association, of the Georgia Callers Association and a member of the National CallerLab. He was a member of the Florida Callers Association, founding member and officer of the Georgia State Square Dance Association and was also a founding member of the Kat Kickers, the Swingin’ Squares, the Belles and Beaux Square Dance Clubs, and the Thunderbird Cloggers. He was a square dance caller for over 50 years and was a recording artist for Longhorn Records and Thunderbird Records and had called all over the world.

He was married for 57 years on June 20, 2004 to the late Vivian Bennett Bennett. He is survived by a son, M. David Bennett of Valdosta; daughters and sons-in-law, Terry and Marshall McLane of Valdosta and Debbie and Ricky Wisenbaker of Brooks Co.; seven grandchildren, Mac McLane, Stephanie Walizer, Kristie Walizer, Kelly McLane, Casey Roth, Jamie Roth and Ritchie Wisenbaker; one great-grandchild, Oliver Eanes Roth of Tennessee; four brothers and sisters-in-law, Lovett and Sara Bennett of Statesboro, GA; Donnie and Dorothy Bennett of Sylvania, GA, Bill and Celesta Bennett of Augusta, GA and Chesley and Connie Bennett of Augusta, GA; one sister-in-law, Jackie Bennett Berry of Stone Mountain, GA; fourteen nieces and nephews and a beloved sitter, Helen (Niecey) Fountain. He was also preceded in death by one sister and brother-in-law, Cynthia Bennett and Paul Tillman, and one nephew, Donnie Bennett, Jr., his mother-in-law, Addie Eunice Bennett, one sister-in-law, Yetive Bennett Butler, one brother -in-law, Gene Berry.

Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m., on Sunday, December 26, 2004 in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home with Reverend Don Stanley and Reverend John Akers officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made to the South Georgia Medical Center Hospice Foundation for the Hospice House or to the Pearlman Cancer Center. Condolences to the family may be expressed by going to the obituary page online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home.


Funeral Home:
Carson McLane Funeral Home
2215 North Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA
US 31602