Joseph E. “Rock” Bennett, 80 years, of Beaumont passed away, Saturday, April 17, 2004 at Baptist Hospital East in Beaumont.
A gathering of family and friends will be from 4-8 pm Monday, April 19, 2004 at Broussard’s Mortuary 505 12th. St. Nederland, TX. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am Tuesday, April 20, 2004 at Broussard’s Chapel in Nederland with Reverend Dwain Kitchens officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches.
Rock was born November 16, 1923 in Beaumont, TX and had been a lifelong area resident. In his earlier year’s he played Minor League Baseball, and was a U. S. Navy Veteran of WW II and was a member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Beaumont. Being a retired assistant manager of the Zummo Meat Company, he was a member of the American Meat Institute, Southwest Meat Packer Association and the Retail Grocery Association.
Survivors include his wife, Jolene Bennett of Beaumont; one daughter, Vickie Harper and husband, Lanis of Beaumont; two sons, Mark Bennett of Beaumont and Brad Bennett and wife, Merle of Vidor; five grandchildren, Brigette, Bryce, and Bennett Harper, and Kristin Ferguson and Dale Bennett. Also surviving is his sister Margaret Busceme of Houston.
