DUNDEE COURIER, MONDAY 20TH JANUARY 1936
WIFE OF FORMER EAST WEMYSS MINISTER
FUNERAL OF MRS BENNETT
The funeral took place on Saturday of Mrs Helen Bennett wife of Rev George Bennett, from the Manse, Shandon, Dumbartonshire, to Wemyss Cemetery.
Mrs Bennett was well known in Wemyss parish, where her husband was minister of St George’s Church, East Wemyss, from 1916 to 1925.
Her father, the late Mr Peter Allison, was headmaster for many years of Gallatown Public School, Kirkcaldy. Mr Andrew Allison, of Messrs Barry, Ostler, & Shepherd, Ltd Kirkcaldy, is a brother of the deceased.
Many ministers and friends from the surrounding district met the cortege at the cemetery gate. Rev Dr Daniel Lamont, moderator-elect of the Church of Scotland General Assembly, officiated at the graveside, assisted by Rev Thomas McGregor, Carnwath.
The pallbearers were:- Rev G Bennett, Mr Alastair Bennett (son), Dr John Allison, Rev Peter Allison, Mr Andrew Allison (brothers), Mr Thomas Melville (brother-in-law), Mr James Oswald, East Wemyss, and Mr Boyd, Greenock.
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