1929–2022
FLOYDADA—Harold Wayne Bennett, age 92, of Floydada, passed away, Saturday, August 6, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, August 12, 2022 at the First United Methodist Church of Floydada with Gary Boles, Rance Young and Bruce Cotton officiating.
Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, August 11, 2022 at Moore-Rose Funeral Home in Floydada.
Arrangements are under the personal care of Moore-Rose Funeral Home of Floydada.
Harold Wayne Bennett was born December 21, 1929 in Knox County, Texas, to Clarence Wayne Bennett and Hettie Ethel Wiggins. He graduated from high school in Floydada in 1947 and went on to marry the love of his life, Geneva Faye Richardson Bennett, on June 12, 1948. Harold lived in Lubbock, Texas for a couple of years, working as a butcher in a grocery store.
By 1949 his father’s concrete business (Bennett Building Materials) that had been established in the late 1940s was doing really well, and Harold went to work for his dad, Wayne. In the 1950s the business had purchased one of the largest 5-yard mixers in the area, this landed them the opportunities to pour concrete jobs for schools, hospitals and subdivisions all around the community. From 1952 to 1962 he had become only part-time with the concrete business while making a move to farming. By the mid-1960s he had made his return back to the concrete business.
By 1978 his dad was looking to sell the business but Harold had other plans. He began working at the Floydada Post Office as a rural letter carrier (stating his brother-in-law, Wayland, was the one responsible for him getting this job). He retired from there in 1995. During this time, he also worked nights at the “Piggy Back” unloading cars that would come in on the train and did this until Floydada lost the railroad coming through town. He wasn’t ready to completely retire, so went back to what he had done before, concrete work. But this time he was working side-by-side with his oldest son, Gary Bennett. They worked, discussed and probably argued ever other job until 2015 when while on a job Gary collapsed and we lost him that day on the job. Harold was 86 at this time and after the funeral him and younger son Ricky Bennett and other family members went to finish a job that Gary had been working on.
In June 2016, Harold and Geneva celebrated a surprise 68th wedding anniversary in the hospital due to Geneva’s rapidly declining health, and she passed away three weeks later.
Harold loved spending time with family and friends, telling them stories about the years of riding his horse to school, rodeos, pony express, riding club, parades, play days, stock shows and all of the kids’ and grandkids’ sporting and school activities. In his later years going to casinos and playing dominoes at the BeeHive Homes and dancing with his granddaughters.
Harold has been described as a kind-hearted gentle soul always willing to help anyone, having an unmatched work ethic, a great true cowboy, living life to its fullest, one of a kind, loving big, special, amazing honest man. A son, brother, husband, daddy, papa, great-papa, and great-great-papa.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Wayne and Hettie Bennett; his sister baby Francis Bennett; his wife, Geneva Faye Bennett; his oldest son, Gary Wayne Bennett; and his greatgreat- granddaughter Haizlee Trevino.
Harold is survived by his children Valdonna and husband Larry Barbee of Tyler, Texas; Pam Bennett, wife of the late Gary Bennett of Floydada, Texa; Ricky Bennett and wife Jill of Lake Alan Henry, Texas; and Rhonda and husband Larry Stovall of Floydada, Texas. He has left his legacy for 15 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, 6 great-great-grandchildren and another great-great-grandson on the way in a few months. He is also survived by one sister, Rotha Moore and husband Luis of Dumas, Texas; and many cousins, nieces and nephews, other relatives, and a host of friends of all ages.
The family wants to especially thank Dr. Gary, Dr. Capt, W.J. Mangold Hospital and Cogdell Clinic’s entire staff; BeeHive Homes of Floydada; and Hospice of Lubbock for all of the care, love and affection that has always been shown for our daddy and our family.
Thank you Andrew and Moore-Rose Funeral Home for your attention to details in making these final days the best they can be. Thank you to everyone who has sent a card, text, call food, prayer or just a nod in our way and the kind words and visits you have given all of us. We are truly blessed and we love each and every one of you.
Online condolences may be made at www.moore-rose.com.
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