Mr. Ennis Paul Bennett, Sr. was born June 29, 1924 in Wadesboro NC to Walter Bennett & Pheba Ann Edwards Bennett. In 1942, he quit the 11th grade at Anson County Training School on Salisbury Street & moved to Mount Vernon, New York. Mr. Bennett would move back to Wadesboro in the 1980's.
Mr. Ennis Paul Bennett, Sr. was born June 29, 1924 in Wadesboro NC to Walter Bennett & Pheba Ann Edwards Bennett. His parents are buried at Old Westview Cemetery, located off of Salisbury Street. According to the 1930 census of Wadesboro, the family was living on Ballard Street in Wadesboro & they continued living on Ballard Street in the 1940 census. Walter Bennett had died by 1940, since his wife is listed as a widow. Ennis Paul Bennett was 15 years old at this time & was employed as a delivery boy for a local drug store. At this time also, he would have been attending Anson County Training School on Salsbury Street & would have graduated in 1942, but his World War II enlistment record states, that he only had 3 years of high school.
Mr. Ennis Paul Bennett registered for the Army Draft on June 30, 1942. At this time, he was living in Mount Vernon, New York. He was employed at Arden Manufacturing Company. He was 5 feet 7 inches tall & weighed 145 pounds. He reports for military duty on March 17, 1943 & is honorably discharged on December 18, 1945. His rank when discharged was Sergeant. He served his time in the Philippines.
He registers for the Korean War Draft on September 3, 1948. He continues to be a resident of Mount Vernon, New York. He is employed as a truck driver for Y Kane Grocery Company of Mount Vernon.
He married Miss Louise Jenkins on June 15, 1947 at Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, New York, where they were members. By the time of the 1950 census of Mount Vernon, they had become parents to a son & daughter.
As a Housing Authority Police Officer. Mr. Bennett patrolled the grounds of Levister Towers, which was a state-funded housing complex for over 20 years. He retired in 1980. He moved back to Wadesboro, shortly after retirement.
At the time of his passing on July 8, 1993 at Anson County Hospital on Morven Road in Wadesboro, at the age of 69, he was survived by his wife; 2 sons; 1 daughter; 1 brother; 1 sister; 6 grandchildren & 1 great-grandson. Burial was conducted at Old Westview Cemetery, located off of Salisbury Street.
Tribute copied from data copied from the Ancestry website & from Mr. Bennett's obituary copied from, The Reporter Dispatch (White Plains, New York) issue of Saturday, July 10, 1993 Page 12
Photo copied from find-a-grave
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