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October 19, 1926 –  July 22, 2013  Services for Dorothy “Dot” Bennett will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 26th at Temple Baptist Church with Rev. Eddie Chennault and Rev. Larry Huffman officiating. Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Thursday at Meador-Clement-Keel Funeral Home. Dot passed away Monday, July 22, 2013 at Pecan Tree Health and Rehab Center.

Dorothy was born in Gainesville, Texas October 19, 1926 to Johnny and Vera (Burkhart) Shotwell. She married Sidney G. Bennett April 16, 1945. Dot was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church.

Survivors of Dorothy Bennett include her husband of sixty-eight years, Sidney Bennett of Gainesville; sons and daughters-in-law, Michael and Nancy Bennett of Dallas and Pat and Des Bennett of Tulsa, Oklahoma; daughter and son-in-law, Cynthia and Doug Blackwell of Haltom City; granddaughters and their spouses: Michelle and John Simorella, Rachael and Dan Latuff, Amy and John Newman, Abby and Joe Barnett, Jennifer and Doyle Reed; grandsons and their spouses: John M. and Ellen Bennett, John P. and Whitney Bennett, Zach H. and Ann Bennett, David Blackwell, Bucky and Tonya Bennett and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents.