Mary Elizabeth Bennett, age 78, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away Monday, April 1, 2013, at her home. She was born November 1, 1934, in Quapaw, OK, to Charles Ranson and Felida Victoria (Hemphill) Ferris.
Her parents and her husband preceded her in death. She leaves behind her three daughters, Pam Snider and husband, Greg, Sharon Mowrey and husband, Leonard, Charlotte Arnold and husband Boyce Cooper; eight grandchildren, Robert Toppins, James Mowrey, Brian Toppins, Fancie Mowrey, Jeremy Michels, Raymond Michels, Angela Raines, and Misty Arnold; sixteen great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; two sisters and two brothers.
A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, April 4, 2013, in Greenlawn Funeral Home North. No formal visitation is planned. Private burial will be in G.A.R. Cemetery, Miami, OK, at a later date.