Source: http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2005/aug/19/obituaries-for-july-12-2005/

Lezena Bennett Taunton

FERRIDAY, La. -- Services for Mrs. Lezena Bennett Taunton, 80, of Ferriday, La., will be held at Taunton Cemetery today at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Gordon Finlay officiating. Interment will follow at Taunton Cemetery under the direction of Young's Funeral Home Ferriday. Mrs. Taunton died Sunday. July 10, 2005, in Ferriday, La. She was a resident of Ferriday, a home maker, and a member of the First Church of God, of Ferriday where she taught Sunday school and sang in the choir. Her life was dedicated to serving her family, church, and God.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Thompson Taunton; her father, Arter Bennett; her mother, Georgia Bennett; her brothers, Edward and Doyle Bennett.

She is survived by three daughters, Angela Sue Taunton of Clayton, La., Phyllis Taunton Spillers of Ferriday, La., and Dona Taunton Sandel of Willmigton, N.C.; two sons, Thomas ``Bo'' Taunton of Ferriday, La., and Bert Taunton of Ferriday, La.; a sister, Zelda Mae Ross of Leesville, La. She is also survived by twelve grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

The pallbearers will be her grandsons, David, Scott and Jonathan Gray. Zane, Blake and Collin Taunton and Jim and Ryan Sandel.