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GREENVILLE - CALVIN BARBER BENNETT, 76, of Lake Village, Ark., died Wednesday at Chicot Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 12:30 today at South Main Church of Christ here with burial 11 a.m. Saturday in Elmwood Cemetery in Blytheville, Ark.
Boone-Wells Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Mr. Bennett, the husband of Thelma Tate Bennett of Greenville, also leaves three daughters, Linda B. Kenwright of Monroe, La., Connie Sue Bennett of Rolling Fork and Cheryl Causey of Greenwood; three sons, Ron Bennett of Ware, Bill Bennett of Caldwell, Texas, and David Bennett of Vicksburg, a brother, Tom Bennett of Blytheville, and seven grandchildren.
--Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - January 3, 1992

LESTER H. BIPPUS, 85 of Cape Girardeau (MO) died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006 at Missouri Veterans Home (in Cape Girardeau.) He was born Feb. 22, 1921 in Chicot County, Ark., son of Otto Franklin and Vera Poole Bippus. He and Frieda James were married Oct. 2, 1942 in Cape Girardeau at First Church of God. She died in August 1974. He later married Lillian Vanover in 1975 in Butler, Ind. She died in August 1984.
Mr. Bippus served in the Navy from Jan. 28, 1941 to Feb. 1, 1947. He was a Pearl Harbor Survivor. He received a Good Conduct Medal, World War II Victory Ribbon, American Theater Ribbon, American Defence Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon, Philippine-Liberation Ribbon, and Navy Unit Commendation.
After his military service, Mr. Bippus worked for Meyer Alberts Grocerer in Cape Girardeau 13 years. He then worked for a metal foundry in San Francisco.
In 1984 he moved back to Missouri from Butler (Ind). He was a member of First Church of God.
He is survived by a daughter, Janet Voelker (Coy) Willard of Cape Girardeau; a stepson, Ronald (Kathy) Vanover of Sellersburg, Ind; a stepdaughter, Ruth (Doug) Meyer of Unity, Ohio; a daughter-in-law, Stella Bippus of Cape Girardeau; two sisters, Dorothy Schlessor of Burlingame, Calif., Wanda Johnson of Auburn, Ind.; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a great-great grandson; five stepgrandchildren; and four great-step-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Frank Bippus, and a brother, Otto Bippus.
There will be no visitation.
Graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Butler Cemetery in Butler (Ind) with full military honors.
Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.

LAKE VILLAGE, Ark. -- CLIFTON BREEDLOVE, 79, died Saturday, Oct. 24, 1998, in Greenville, MS.
Mr. Breedlove was a retired farmer and was a member of Oak Grove Free Will Baptist Church.
Survivors include a son, Maxie Breedlove of Biloxi; two daughters, Vertis Corbin and Mary Etta Carter, both of Monticello; two brothers, J.R. Breedlove of Montrose and William H. Breedlove of Texas; a sister, Evaline Cunningham of Bastrop, La.; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Bishop Funeral Home in Lake Village, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
--Sun Herald, The (Biloxi, MS) - October 26, 1998

AKRON, OH–WILL P. BROWN, 84, of 315 S. Maple St., Apt. 206, passed away Sept. 30, after a long illness. Born in Lake Village, Ark., he had lived in this community 18 years.
He is survived by wife, Laura; son, George Brown of Lake Village, Ark.; stepson, George Green of Akron; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; sister, Luella Brown of Lake Village, Ark.; one aunt of Cleveland; one uncle of Pine Bluff, Ark.; many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, 10 a.m. at the Stewart & Calhoun Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Eugene E. Morgan officiating. Interment Glendale Cemetery. Friends may call Saturday, from 9 a.m. until time of service.
Stewart & Calhoun Funeral Home
--Akron Beacon Journal (OH) - October 3, 1985

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