Mrs. Verna M. Bennett, age 66, Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at her residence.
Mrs. Bennett was a native of Washington County and daughter of the late Thomas & Zella Waller Allmon. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Bennett was also preceded in death by her husband, Howard Hill Bennett in 2002 and one son, Tom Garland.
She loved to cook and care for her home. She enjoyed living in many areas of the country but loved East Tennessee.
Survivors include three children, five step children; one brother, Dean Allmon, Gray; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be conducted 9:30 am Saturday, July 21, 2012 at Bacon-Kinchloe Cemetery with Rev. Ron Thompson officiating.
Pallbearers will be family members.
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EULOGIES & CONDOLENCES
08-05-2012
Rebecca Stalford
Grandma, you will truly be missed. I'm so glad I
got to kind of speak to you one more time before
you passed. It meant so much to me and I'll
cherish it forever. I hope you found all the peace
you deserve up in heaven by my dads, grandpas and
Uncle Toms sides, and I hope that when in the
future, it's my time to go, you all will standing
at the gates waiting for me. I'll miss you so much
until I day I finally get to see you again. I love
you.
Losing my grandmother has been truly painful for
all of my family. She was a picture of iron-willed
strength and always encouraged us to go for our
goals and carve our own niche while we still had
all the time in the world. She was our guiding
light, our source of inspiration. Our goals were
her goals, and she would do everything to help us
stay on the right path.
I will miss visiting my grandmother and hearing
her stories and advice. I look forward to passing
on all of her wisdom to my children. I will make
sure that they know how great a person my
grandmother was and will make sure that her memory
lives on in all of our hearts.
07-30-2012
Christina McKenna
Verna,
Peace be with you forever more. Now you and grandpa
will be together and love eternal more.
07-30-2012
Christina McKenna
Verna,
Peace be with you forever more. Now you and grandpa
will be together and love eternal more.
07-26-2012
jennifer waskiewicz
Resting in God's arms now, although in the ground your body lay.
He needed another angel in the Heavenly choir and that's why you had to go.
As you promised, you are still with us watching your children here below.
I never would have imagined the end would be like this,
You have always been there through the thick and the thin
No matter what I've done, unconditionally you love never wavering.
When I told you of the mistakes I made and all the times people saw me fall
You simply nodded and gently replied 'so have we all'.
The key to success is learning from the past
Ensuring a brighter future is now the present task.
A pillar of strength even until the end
Fighting all life's battles, knowing it's triumphantly you would win
Pushing me to be the best that you know I can be
Reminding me to keep the faith and allow God to lead me.
Knowing it's through Christ that I can do all things
And as He never makes a mistake I will come through victoriously
I miss you more than these words could ever say
The pain in my heart is from one unimaginable day
After I cried all that I could; my eyes still shed countless more tears
And when I try to sleep, I have nightmares of ten-thousand fears
I walk in footsteps on an unsure path
My load feels so heavy I am not sure I will last.
Silly though I may be I am afraid of life now that you're gone
Because I've always had a mother.
And Mommy, what about my sister and baby brother.
I wish you could have stayed just a little while longer, there's so much left to do
I wonder if I prayed hard enough and if so, did they get through.
Finding relief in knowing I will see you again someday soon
Remembering all you taught me as my soul I continue to groom
I will walk in footsteps you have walked before me
Seeing the path you walked lead you, Mommy, straight into victory.
So as you sleep Mommy, in the cradle of the Lord,
I am reassured of God's promises in His Holy Word.
I dream of the day when Heaven's gates open to receive me
And with your smiling face and loving eyes, reunited once again I will be.
Momma I love you and you will always be in my heart rip jennifer your daughter
