Gary Bennett

Gary Nathan Bennett of Newport died Tuesday. Gary worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone for 36 years. Survivors include his wife, Donna Sue (Coe) Bennett; sons, Gary Don Bennett and wife Dana, and Jason Coe Bennett; grandchildren, Jordan Fortenberry and wife Ashley, Teryn Odom, Brett Bennett, and Bentley Bennett; great-grandchildren, Medley Dawn and Miri Mae Fortenberry; brother, Bearl Bennett and wife, Delores; sisters, Harriette Luthi, Edna Earle Cooper and husband, J.D., and Sylla Mae Easter and husband, Ronnie; step-mother, Hazel (Hunter) Bennett; mother-in-law, Virginia Coe. Funeral: 10 a.m., Friday at Jackson's Newport Funeral Home Chapel. Interment with burial in Sullins Cemetery. Arrangements by Jackson's Newport Funeral Home. www.jacksonsfh.com.