McMinnville resident and Miami, Fla., native Steven Allen Bennett, 62, was born Dec. 5, 1955 and died March 3 at Saint Thomas West Hospital in Nashville following an extended illness. A corrections officer with the Florida Department of Prisons and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Alton and Laura Yates Bennett. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brother, Kenneth Bennett; and sister, Grace Martinez.