Raymond Joseph Bennett
Born In: Dominion
Passed in: New Waterford
Passed on: November 22nd, 2015
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Raymond Joseph Bennett, 72, of New Waterford, on Nov. 22, 2015, at home.
Born in Dominion, he was a son of the late Eddy and Edith (Gardiner) Bennett.
Ray was a welder by trade and worked in Port Hawkesbury for a number of years. He was later employed at the New Waterford Consolidated Hospital and then worked as a miner in Lingan colliery. He was a member of the Salvation Army, New Waterford. Ray loved playing guitar and fishing, and in earlier years, enjoyed playing baseball.
Surviving are his wife, Marcella (Gittens); daughters, Bertha (Brad) Baker, New Waterford, Nicole Bennett, Glace Bay; son, Eldon Bennett, New Waterford; brothers, Sonny (Bonnie), Ontario, Robert (Florentine), Charles (Georgina), Gregory, Michael (Bernadette), all of New Waterford, James (Betty), New Victoria; sisters, Joanie Jones, Jeanie Smith, Cheryl (Ronnie) Mackie, all of New Waterford; grandchildren, Nikita Wareham, Tommy Bennett, Raymond Wareham, Eldon Bennett, Dustin Baker, Austyn Hill, Victoria Hill; great-grandchildren, Dean Bennett, Lucas Bennett, Bryson Bennett, Aaliyah Wareham, Hanna Wareham; nieces and nephews; daughter-in-law, Kelly Bennett, Northern Quebec.
Besides his parents, Ray was predeceased by one son, Raymond, granddaughter, Jessica; sister, Barbara Bourgeois and two sisters in infancy.
Cremation has taken place. A visitation will be held Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, from 1 p.m. until the time of the funeral service at 2 p.m. all in V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home Chapel, 380 Smith St., New Waterford with Lieutenants Dennis and Mary Maybury officiating. Burial will be in Union Grove Cemetery, Scotchtown, with a luncheon to follow at the Salvation Army Hall, King Street, New Waterford.
Donations in his memory may be made to the Hospice/Palliative Care Society of Cape Breton, the Cancer Patient Care Fund at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, and the Salvation Army, New Waterford.
Online expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.vjmcgillivray.ca.
A special thank you to the cancer centre, palliative care, VON, Homemakers, and all the doctors and nurses who provided excellent care for Ray.
