November 15, 2025, 95, Mount Olive —
Minnie Ruth King Bennett, age 95, long-time resident of the Holloman Heights subdivision in Mount Olive, went to be with the Lord Saturday evening, Nov. 15, 2025, at the home of her daughter, where she had been receiving love and care for quite some time.
Funeral services will be Thursday, Nov. 20, at 12:00 Noon at Tyndall Funeral Home, and will be officiated by the Rev. Bryan Wheeler and the Rev. Sherman Dilley. Burial will follow at Wayne Memorial Park. Visitation will be during the hour before the service at Tyndall, and at other times at the home of Sandy and W. R. Roberts.
Flowers are welcome, or memorial gifts may be made to Northeast Church Building Fund, 489 Northeast Church Road, Mount Olive, NC 28365.
Mrs. Bennett is survived by a son, Thomas Edward “Tommy” Bennett, Jr. of Mount Olive; a daughter and son-in-law, Sandy Bennett Roberts and W. R. Roberts of Faison; twin granddaughters, Anna Bennett and Ashley Bennett, both of Mount Olive; a grandson, Hayden Roberts of Faison; a sister, Barbara King “Dink” Paige of Warsaw; a foster-son, Jesse Tolbert of Kinston; several nieces and nephews, to include a special niece, Joannie Nunn of Faison.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Edward “Tom” Bennett, Sr.; a grandson, Billy Roberts; her parents, Henry S. King and Minnie Smith King; sisters, Jacqueline King, Margaret King Price, Thelma King Starling Parrish, Virginia King Bailey, and Kathleen King Torres; and brothers, Charlie King, William King, Henry Lee King, and Percy King.
Mrs. Bennett was a long time member of Northeast Original Free Will Baptist Church where she had taught Sunday School, had been active in the Ladies Auxiliary, and led the Get-Together Club for many years. She enjoyed singing, doing crafts, painting, styling hair, and spending special times with her family whom she loved so much.
She lived a long and fulfilling life, one pleasing to God, was kind and thoughtful to those around her, and having been married to Tom, a military man, she had great respect for our nation’s veterans and service men and women and supported their causes as much as she could.
As her eyes closed in death, she heard her Master say, “Well done, thou good and faifthful servant.”
A Tyndall Service
