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Family ReunionHappy, TXJUly 31, 2011TRANSCRIPT
PARK –BENNETTFAMILY REUNION
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Double First Cousins
James and Leona (Bennett) Park’s and Elisha and Lottie (Park) Bennett’s kids:
James EddieFrancesWillie
AmyRuthMargaretLucy
Not pictured:
Lottie VernGracie Ray
Cousins from Two Generations
Children of Ray and Hazel (Park) Bennett:
John RayMary JoMartha AnnDavid Theodore
The Cousins began the Park-Bennett
Family Reunion in 1964 (?)
Photos from 1983 and
1984
Park-Bennett Family Reunion
Happy, TX July, 2011
Over the years, the Park-Bennett reunion has been held in Amarillo city parks, Ceta Canyon UM church camp, and Kaye Venhaus’s back yard.
Kaye is the daughter of double first cousin, Gracie Ray (Bennett) Baker.
Tommy and Laura Ruth Hyatt and Jack Showers cool off in the shade.
Laura Ruth has been at every Park-Bennett family reunion. She is the daughter of double first cousin, Ruth (Bennett) Thurman.
July, 2011
Susie and David are children of double first cousin, Gracie Ray (Bennett) Baker.
July, 2011
Susie Branch and David Bakervisit with the younger generation.
Jimmy Baker visits with younger cousins, Kay Medina and Dee Ann Adams.
Jimmy is the son of double first cousin, Gracie Ray (Bennett) Baker.
July, 2011
Martha Ann Allen and Ted Bennett watch as the family starts a game of washers.
Martha Ann and Ted fall into two different generations of the family. Their father, Ray, a younger Bennett son, married Hazel, a Park granddaughter.
July, 2011
Dee is the daughter of double first cousin, James Eddie Park.
July, 2011
Martha Ann Allen and Dee Mitchellbrowse the family reunion
albums.
Jim Bennett keeps the families’ ranch history alive by donning his cowboy hat.
Jim is the son of cousin, Jesse Bennett.
July, 2011
More cousins than photos at the 2011 reunion!
Raymond and Buddy Bill Bennett were at the reunion. They are the sons of double first cousin, Willie Bennett.
Thanksgiving, 1950, at Lish and Lottie Bennett’s.
The Park and Bennett families arrive in Texas
to become
Pioneers of the Panhandle.
Moses Smith Park 1844-1920 Charlotte Sofia Angell Huke 1841-1919
The Park family moved from Devilla, TX to a ranch south of Amarillo in 1893 where M. S. could “indulge his favorite passion for raising and developing fine horses, as it is conceded that the “Panhandle” country will grow the finest horses in the State.”
Children: Alvin A. Huke Frank Ayers Park Wilbur Smith Park David Ayers Park James Emile Park Lottie Angell Park
William Franklin Bennett 1850-1928
Mary Frances Laycook 1854-1920
The Bennett family moved from Colorado to Dumas, TX in 1894. Franklin bought a section of land for $250.
Children: Margaret Leona Bennett William Elisha Bennett Jessie Bennett, died at age 14 Verna B. Bennett Charles F. Bennett, twin died at birth Earnest Ray Bennett
The Park and Bennett families marry.1. Margaret Leona Bennett (1875-1960) and James Emile Park (1877-1966) marry in 1901.
2. William Elisha Bennett (1878-1955) and Lottie Angell Park (1879-1959) marry in 1904.
3. Earnest Ray Bennett (1889-1966) and Hazel Aileen Park (1899-1984) marry in 1921.
Thanksgiving, about 1935
The Cousins’ Club Park-Bennett Children
Children of James and Leona (Bennett) Park:Charlotte Frances (Park) Sullivan (1902-1982)James Eddie Park (1907-1985)Margaret Felder(Park) McMahan (1909-1993)Lottie Vern Park (1917-1931)
Children of Elisha and Lottie (Park) Bennett:Willie Smith Bennett (1905-1985)Ruth May (Bennett) Thurman (1908-1995)Amy Angell (Bennett) Pitt (1911-1988)Mary Lucy (Bennett) Moore (1915-1993)Gracie Ray (Bennett) Baker (1918-1999)
Children of Ray and Hazel (Park) Bennett:John Ray Bennett (1922-1994)Mary Jo Bennett (1928-1934)Martha Ann (Bennett) Allen (1931- )David Theodore Bennett (1933- )
Grandchildren of the Park-Bennett Unions James & Leona Park:
Frances’ children: Park Sullivan Don Sullivan
James Eddies’ children: Dee (Park) Mitchell Dick Park
Margaret’s child: Laura Lee (McMahan)
Storey
Ray & Hazel Bennett: Martha Ann’s children:
Rebecca Allen Barbara (Allen)
Coldiron Burt Allen, Jr. Brad Allen
Ted’s children: Pam (Bennett)
McJunkin David Bennett Bonnie (Bennett)
Green
Elisha & Lottie Bennett: Willie’s children: Raymond Bennett
Buddy Bill BennettBaylus Bennett
Ruth’s children:Bill ThurmanLaura Ruth (Thurman-Showers) HyattStanley Thurman
Lucy’s children:Carlos Fowler MooreWilliam Clinton Moore
Gracie Ray’s children:David BakerKaye (Baker) VenhausSusie (Baker) BranchJimmy Baker
Grandchildren of the Double First Cousins
Park-Bennett Family Reunion, 2011
Dee Ann Showers-Adams
Sam Baker
Kathy Showers-O’Malley
Rick Baker
Kay Mitchell-Medina
Jack Showers
Vicky Venhaus-Buckelew
Great Grandchildren of the Cousins’ Club
Park-Bennett Family Reunion, 2011
Great-Great Grandchildren (?) of the Cousins’ Club
Park-Bennett Family Reunion
2011
Grandpas and Grandmas, Children and Grandchildren,Moms and Dads, Brothers and Sisters, Aunts and Uncles, Nieces and Nephews, Cousins, andIn-laws and Out-laws! PBFU 2011
Amarillo, TX Llano Cemetery
Garden of the Pioneers
On this statue is inscribed,
“They turned their faces westward and in 1876 marked the beginning of what is now a mighty empire.”
Appropriately, several of the Park-Bennett family members rest in this cemetery.
Apologies to cousins at the 2011 reunion whom I did not get photos of or miss tagged in a slide.
Let me know of any corrections that need to be made.
Please email photos of Ray and Hazel Bennett and their children as I could not locate any in Dee’s genealogy records.
Email: [email protected].
Song Credits:
The Cowboy Song by Garth BrooksCowboy Logic by Michael Martin MurphyHere’s Hoping by George FoxSummer Ranges by Michael Martin Murphy