Sharon Elaine Dunlap Bennett, 70, passed away peacefully on Jan. 12 at her home in the Midway community.
Mrs. Bennett she was born June 9, 1950 in McMinnville to Carl Eugene Dunlap and Imogene Inez Jones Dunlap. She was married to Michael Terry Bennett on Jan. 3, 1970.
Sharon was a homemaker, a giver, a doer, and a servant to those she knew and loved. She was a Christian and served as a Sunday school teacher to the littles for years. She was a member of Central Church of Christ.
Sharon loved her children and grandchildren with all her heart. She was a wonderful cook, a talented gardener, and the lover of a good bargain. She was an avid reader and a collector of all things. Sharon was never without a purse full of peppermints she would offer to anyone she thought may need one. She enjoyed her monthly club meetings at Midway FCE. She loved to travel with her brother and sister everywhere they could.
Sharon was preceded in death by her parents and her husband. She is survived by her children Angie (Greg) Carter of Rock Island, Kelly (Brittany) Bennett of Murfreesboro, and Tracy (Marlena) Bennett of Rock Island, grandchildren Hayden, Holden, and Henslea Carter, Delaney and Ellery Bennett, and Emma, Kenzy, Rylee, Journey, and Sawyer Bennett, sister Gail (Carl) Keel, and brother Rick (Michele) Dunlap, nieces Amy Whitsett and Lauren Emerson and nephews Chad Keel and Zach Blakeley. She was also loved by several great nieces and nephews sharing a special bond with great nephew Owen Whitsett.
High Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete at this time.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Jan. 13, 2021