5100 Interstate 30 (at US-69), Greenville, TX 75402
Bennie Ariel Drew, obituary portrait — Coker-Mathews Funeral Home

In Loving Memory

Bennie ArielDrew

Passed Away On August 8, 2014
At Age 96 years
Resident of DeSoto, TX
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Bennie Drew

 

Bennie Ariel Drew, 96, of DeSoto, formerly of Greenville, died Friday, August 8, 2014 at Charlton Methodist Hospital in Dallas.  Funeral Services will be 10:30 AM, Tuesday, August 12, 2014 in Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Nichols officiating.  Interment will be in Memoryland Memorial Park.  Visitation will be 8:30 AM until service time Tuesday at the funeral home.

 

Mrs. Drew was born in the Cash community on April 22, 1918.  She was the daughter of Walter Perry and Ella Lynch Perry.  On May 23, 1942, she married George R. Drew in Greenville.  She was a retired educator retiring from Greenville Independent School District in 1983.  She received a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree from Texas Women’s University.  Mrs. Drew was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, Texas State Teachers Association and the University Women’s Association.

 

Survivors include her sons, Ron Drew and wife, Camilla of DeSoto and Walter Drew and wife, Vicki of Rocky Mount, Virginia; brother, Reeves Perry of Georgetown; sisters, Catherine Holleyman of Waxahachie and Cordella Rambo of Dallas; grandchildren, Regan Drew and wife, Ann of Pittsburg, PA, Stacibeth Drew of Dallas, Ryan Drew of Dallas and Mary Michael Cantrell of Lockhart, Texas; and great-grandchildren, Kendall and Abbey Drew of Pittsburg, PA., Haley and Katherine Gipson of Norfolk, VA and Pressley Cantrell of Lockhart, Texas.  She was preceded in death by her husband, George R. Drew in 1999. 

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Services

Visitation

Coker-Mathews Funeral Home

5100 Interstate 30

Greenville, TX, 75402

August 12, 2014

8:30 PM to 10:30 PM

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Service

Funeral Service

Coker-Mathews Funeral Home

5100 Interstate 30

Greenville, TX, 75402

August 12, 2014

10:30 AM

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Interment

Memoryland Memorial Park

808 Jack Finney Blvd. (FM 1570)

Greenville, TX, 75402

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Condolences (7)

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Kevin Ferguson Garland, TX August 12, 2014
"The Drews were our backyard neighbors when our family moved to Greenville. I will always remember how pleasant and kind they were to me as a kid, and the frequent conversations, often over that shared backyard fence. Though I never had Bennie or George as teachers in school, they were both teachers of my life.
My sympathy goes out to the family during this time of loss.
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Bill & Clarwana Tucumcari, NM August 12, 2014
"Thinking of the family today."
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Billie & Mike Hood Fort Meyers, FL August 11, 2014
"Our sympathy and best wishes to the family."
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