Burial - William BENNETT

The funeral of Bill Bennett took place in Badsey Church on July 26th. He had died the previous week, after some months of illness. Born in Badsey 68 years ago, he spent all his life in the village, and so he was known by all his generation of Badsey Growers. Until the end he retained a piece of land by the brook behind Seward Road, and in his last illness he would ask that his chair be placed by his bedroom window so that he could look at the land he had worked for so many years. He was the son of a Grower (another Bill) and the grandson of a Grower (known to his generation as “Squire” Bennett). We send our deepest sympathy to Mrs Bennett and the family.