Extracted from The Meridian Star (Meridian, MS)
Bennie Albert Fontan
Services for Bennie Albert Fontan will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Earl Wheatley Sr. of Northpark Church officiating. Burial will be in York Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Fontan, 71, of Enterprise, died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009, at Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was retired from the U.S. Navy. He was also a master cabinet maker.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Fontan, of Enterprise; sons, Steven Curtis Fontan of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Bennie Eugene Fontan and his wife, Rosalva, of Gautier, Seth James Fontan and his wife, Debbie, of Pensacola, Fla.; daughter, Teresa Marianne Caraway and her husband, Bradley James, of Meridian; grandchildren, Kevin Fontan, Tiffany, Brittany, Destiny, Kelsie, Lee, Rickey, Weylan, Daniel, Eric Luca, Steven Luca, James Luca and Autumn Luca; great-grandchildren, Jaxon, McKensie, River, Niece, Alice Lester; and a nephew, Paul Lester.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Tyanne Noland; and his brothers and sisters, Johnny Fontan, Jimmy Fontan, Patsy Thead, and Bobbie Fontan.
Pallbearers will be Paul Lester, Teddy Lester, Ben Brantley, Mike Hutchins, James Hutchins and Brad Carraway.
Visitation will be Saturday, one hour prior to services at the funeral home.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009