JULIANN BENNETT

July 13, 2020

LAMAR- A private family service will be held at Daniel Funeral Home for JuliAnn Bennett, 87, Lamar, who died Friday, July 3, 2020, at Truman Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Lamar. Burial will follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Contributions are suggested and made payable to the Gary Embry Scholarship Fund in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be shared at www.dfhlamar.com.

Survivors include a son, Bill Embry and wife Crystal, Malden; four daughters, Shirley Gaither and husband Bill, Lamar, Betty Embry, Joplin, Jeannie Thieman and husband Jerry, Lamar and Sherry Embry, Nixa; 26 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her husband Ben Embry and husband Edward Bennett; a son, Daniel Dale Embry; four brothers, Lee Jenkins, Charles Jenkins, Ed Jenkins and David Horne and a grandson, Landyn Davis.

Mrs. Bennett was born June 25, 1933, in Jerico Springs, to Vernal Basil Jenkins and Nora Mildred (Sewell) Jenkins. She graduated from William Chrisman High School in Independence. On September 17, 1954, she married Luther “Ben” Embry and together they had six children. On December 27, 1984, she married Edward Terrell Bennett in Miami, Okla.

She was a homemaker and had worked at Rogers Flies and Lures and Thorco Industries. She also worked many years at the Blue Top Best Western Motel. She was best known for her infectious smile with ruby red lipstick that could light up an entire room and her genuine kind-heartedness that she extended to everyone she met. She wrote poetry, journaled for years, loved gardening and tending her flowers. She also loved bike riding, traveling and was a puzzle master. In her later years she treasured her family and loved talking about all the precious children her six kids brought into the world.

She was a devout Christian and a member of the Community of Christ church.