Funeral services for Grace Alma Bennett will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday July 28 in the Chapel on the Hill at Cedarlawn Memorial Park. Rev. Randy Reddell of the Central Christian Church will officiate with services under the direction of Waldo Funeral Home. Mrs. Bennett, 102, passed away Monday July 26 at The Willows in Sherman.

Grace was born May 24, 1908 in Bays, Ohio to the late CE and Elizabeth (McClure) Main. In February 1940, Grace and Robert Henry Bennett were married in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A devoted homemaker, Grace was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She worked for several nursing homes in the Sherman area as well as being a private caregiver for numerous families. A lifelong member of the Christian Church, Mrs. Bennett was a longtime member of the Central Christian Church in Sherman.

Mrs. Bennett is survived by three sons, Robert Bennett and wife Joy of Sherman, Ron Bennett and wife Brenda of Ft. Worth, and Richard Bennett and wife Sharon of Sherman; seven grandchildren, Patricia Walter of Southlake, Jeffrey Bennett of Allen, Jennifer Mazuelos of Austin, Julie Falkner of Irving, Eric Bennett of Stephenville, Eddie Bennett of Frisco, and Dr. Tyson Bennett of Sherman; and 13 great grandchildren.

A special thanks is extended to the staff at The Willows in Sherman and Home Hospice for giving such loving and exceptional care. The register book can be signed online at waldofuneralhome.com.


Safely Home

I am home in Heaven, dear ones;
Oh, so happy and so bright!
There is perfect joy and beauty
In this everlasting light.
All the pain and grief is over,
Every restless tossing passed;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in Heaven at last.
Did you wonder I so calmly
Trod the valley of the shade?
Oh! but Jesus' arm to lean on,
Could I have one doubt or dread?
Then you must not grieve so sorely,
For I love you dearly still;
Try to look beyond earth's shadows,
Pray to trust our Father's Will.
There is work still waiting for you,
So you must not idly stand;
Do it now, while life remaineth--
You shall rest in Jesus' land.
When that work is all completed,
He will gently call you Home;
Oh, the rapture of that meeting,
Oh, the joy to see you come!