Mrs. Bennie Jean Black Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral will be 12 PM Friday, October 6, 2017, at Village Chapel for Bennie Jean Black, 85, of Gadsden, who died October 3, 2017. Burial will follow at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Village Chapel Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Black was a member at Bellevue United Methodist Church where she sang in the choir. She also loved teaching Children’s Minutes and making special floral arrangements for the altar. Her favorite hobby was woodworking. She was a preceded in death by her husband, YZ Black; parents, Ben and Jewel Davis; and grandson, Jesse Copeland. She is survived by her children, Marquita (Lewis) Campbell, Randy (Phyllis) Black, Gloria (Dean) Copeland, and Jeff (Anita) Black; siblings, Pat (Jerry) Johnson, Brenda Lay, and Roger Davis; grandchildren, Ben (Julie) Campbell, Lydia (Tony) Castanon, LeeAnn (Matt) Dimon, Jeffery (Chanlee) Black, and Audra (Steven) Thompson; and 10 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Ben Campbell, Tony Castanon, Steven Thompson, Jeffery Black, Matt Dimon, and Phillip Nickerson. Special thanks to Amedisys Hospice Care: Meghan Kerr, Brittany McConnell, Jay Beggs; and sitter, Cathy Hayden. The family will receive friends from 11 AM until the time of the service Friday.

Mrs. Bennie Jean Black

April 14, 1932 - October 3, 2017