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Dwynelle “Nell” Pritchard Bennett

Birth	:	5 Sep 1930 Warwick, Worth County, Georgia, USA
Death	:	17 Jul 2005 Walterboro, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA
Burial	:	Murray Cemetery, Grover, Dorchester County, USA
Coordinate	:	33.0960999, -80.5622025
Inscription	:	Married April 4, 1948 Precious Mother and MiMi
Description	:	Dwynelle "Nell" Pritchard Bennett, 74, of St. George, died Sunday, July 17, 2005, at Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, at Memorial Baptist Church. Serving as pallbearers will be Robert J. Clarkson II, Sherod Hampton Eadon III, Collin W. Crick, Bill Utsey, David Banner, Bryan Eadon, Richard A. Fogle and Harry Collins. Mrs. Bennett, affectionately known to her family as "Mimi" was born in Warwick, Ga., the daughter of the late James Albert and Ella Odom Pritchard. She was a graduate of Albany High School in Albany, Ga. She met and married Everett... Read More	Dwynelle "Nell" Pritchard Bennett, 74, of St. George, died Sunday, July 17, 2005, at Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, at Memorial Baptist Church. Serving as pallbearers will be Robert J. Clarkson II, Sherod Hampton Eadon III, Collin W. Crick, Bill Utsey, David Banner, Bryan Eadon, Richard A. Fogle and Harry Collins. Mrs. Bennett, affectionately known to her family as "Mimi" was born in Warwick, Ga., the daughter of the late James Albert and Ella Odom Pritchard. She was a graduate of Albany High School in Albany, Ga. She met and married Everett Wilson Bennett, of St. George in 1948, while he was in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at Turner Air Force Base in her hometown of Albany. After her husbands retirement from the Air Force, they moved with their three children briefly to Orangeburg and then to St. George in 1955. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett opened Bennett#'s Appliance Company in St. George in 1955 and operated this family business together until their retirement in 1997. They built the business on "Main Street," to help meet the community's needs. With a push-button cash register, family pictures taped to the walls, and a hand-kept nine book ledger, "Miss Nell" ran the sales area and was even known to have made deliveries of appliances and repairs herself. She would say that she was blessed to live, work, and rear her family in the St. George area, her beloved adopted home. Citizens of her community feel they were blessed that she became part of their community. She organized and coached the first girls#, elementary basketball teams in the early 1960's. For this, she was the only lady named "Sportsman of the Year" by the St. George Jaycees. Her dramatic talents and abilities were enjoyed by many as she participated in the Lourie Theater productions of "Steel Magnolias" (as Ouiser Boudreaux), "Best Christmas Pageant Ever" (as Mrs. Armstrong), and "Driving Miss Daisy" (as Miss Daisy). She was a popular storyteller at area schools and the library. Two local graduating classes honored her at their commencements for her support, guidance, and love. For 18 years, Nell (also known as "Granny Grits") worked tirelessly on behalf of the World Grits Festival held annually in St. George. She served as public spokesperson and chairman of the Festival Store. She appeared on the Crook and Chase Show, Mike Hiott Show, and was interviewed for the Smithsonian Magazine and the British Broadcasting Company to promote the Grits Festival. For her many years of community service, she was honored by the S.C. House of Representatives with a Resolution sponsored by Rep. David Owens in May, 2002. Also, in 2002, she was named to the Channel Five "Hall of Fame" by Charleston TV station WCSC. She served on the Board of Directors of the Lourie Theater, and was a charter member of the Board of the St. George Area Housing Corporation. She served as secretary of that Board and was honored by them in June, 2005 for her "service, love, and caring of the elderly and loyal service to the people of St. George." She was a member of Memorial Baptist Church where she actively served for many years. She was a member of the choir, Sunday School teacher, served as Foreign Mission Study co-chairman, president of the Appleby Women#'s Missionary Union, and many committees in the church. "Miss Nell#'s" gracious manner, Southern charm, infectious smile, positive outlook, family-oriented values, and willingness to give of herself and her time to others have greatly enriched the lives of all who came her way. She was predeceased by brothers, Murray Pritchard and James A. Pritchard Jr. Surviving are her husband of 57 years, Everett W. Bennett; and her three children, daughter, Elizabeth "Libby" B. Clarkson and her husband, William C. Clarkson, of St. George and their children, Elizabeth "Betsy" C. Crick and husband, Collin W. Crick, and Robert J. Clarkson II and wife, Keely M. Clarkson, all of Columbia, daughter, Linda B. Eadon and her husband, Sherod Hampton Eadon Jr., of Columbia and their children, Sherod Hampton Eadon III and Paige B. Eadon of Columbia, and son, E.W. "Eddie" Bennett Jr. and his wife, Diana C. Bennett of Walterboro and their children, Bethany L. Way and Erin M. Way, of Columbia, also his children, Melissa B. Lather and husband, Shane, of Lady's Island, and Donna R. Bennett, of Hendersonville, his grandchildren, Sarah Alice DeLoach and Marley J. Lather; siblings, Dr. F. Lamar Pritchard and his wife, Mary, of Albany, Ga, Nada P. Nagel, of Orlando, Fla, and Mizzelle P. Murphy and her husband, Dr. P. Melvyn Murphy of Albany, Ga.; and sisters-in-law, Joy Pritchard, of Texas and Sonja ("Sunny") Pritchard of Duluth, Ga. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Bryant Funeral Home of St. George. Memorials may be made to Memorial Baptist Church, 101 May St., St. George SC 29477 or to the church or charity of one's choice.

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Dwynelle “Nell” Pritchard Bennett's memorial is located at: Murray Cemetery, Grover, Dorchester County, USA.
When did Dwynelle “Nell” Pritchard Bennett death?
Dwynelle “Nell” Pritchard Bennett death on 17 Jul 2005 in Walterboro, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA
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Latitude: 33.0960999
Longitude: -80.5622025

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Everett Wilson Bennett Sr.

(1924 - 2010)

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