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Bennie Dempsey LANCASTER , Jr.

9 MAR 1929 - 22 JUL 1990

  • BORN: 9 MAR 1929
  • BORN: 8 MAR 1930
  • DIED: 22 JUL 1990
  • BURIED: Liberty Cemetery, Decatur Co. TN [22]

Notes

Bennie D. Lancaster, Jr., born March 9, 1929. Enlisted in the USN April 8, 1948. Military locations, stations were USNTC San Diego, CA, and USNAS Pensacola, FL. Enlisted in the U. S. Army February 19, 1951, and served with the artillery as radio operator. Countries served in : Korea. Discharged November 18, 1952 with rank of corporal (T). Awarded the Korean Service Medal w/2 DCS and United Nations Service Medal.

Bennie passed away July 22, 1990. He was the son of Bennie D. and Jessie (Eason) Lancaster. Married to Dorothy J. (Johnson) Lancaster and had five children: Susan, Steven, Sherry, Christopher and Phillip Lancaster. Submitted by Mrs. J. L. Lancaster.

Pedigree

                                                                                        _David L. LANCASTER ___+
                                                                                       | (1807 - 1891) m 1828  
                                                           _Benjamin Marion LANCASTER _|_Permelia DAVIDSON ____
                                                          | (1836 - 1901)                (1805 - 1849)         
                               _Robert Lee LANCASTER _____|
                              | (1869 - 1963) m 1888      |
                              |                           |                             _Williamson WELLS _____+
                              |                           |                            | (1812 - 1860)         
                              |                           |_Martha Tennessee WELLS ____|_Elender S. ? _________
                              |                             (1847 - 1917)                (1815 - ....)         
 _Benjamin Dempsey LANCASTER _|
| (1884 - 1941) m 1919        |
|                             |                                                         _John MCCLURE _________
|                             |                                                        | (1801 - 1870)         
|                             |                            _Dempsey J. MCCLURE ________|_Vinny ? ______________
|                             |                           | (1837 - 1919) m 1865         (1805 - 1850)         
|                             |_Eunice Adeline MCCLURE ___|
|                               (1868 - 1956) m 1888      |
|                                                         |                             _Stephen YOUNG ________+
|                                                         |                            | (1809 - ....)         
|                                                         |_Martha J. YOUNG ___________|_Martha ? _____________
|                                                           (1845 - 1916) m 1865         (1804 - ....)         
|
|--Bennie Dempsey LANCASTER , Jr.
|  (1930 - 1990)
|                                                                                       _Stephen EASON ________
|                                                                                      | (1816 - 1894)         
|                                                          _Theophilus Abner EASON ____|_Elizabeth C. BENNETT _
|                                                         | (1846 - ....)                (1827 - 1870)         
|                              _John D. EASON ____________|
|                             | (1870 - 1932) m 1898      |
|                             |                           |                             _______________________
|                             |                           |                            |                       
|                             |                           |_Mary ? ____________________|_______________________
|                             |                             (1847 - ....)                                      
|_Jessie Lona EASON __________|
  (1902 - 1976) m 1919        |
                              |                                                         _______________________
                              |                                                        |                       
                              |                            _Joshua A. WOODY ___________|_______________________
                              |                           | (1834 - ....)                                      
                              |_Martha (Mattie) E. WOODY _|
                                (1872 - 1926) m 1898      |
                                                          |                             _______________________
                                                          |                            |                       
                                                          |_Angeline ? ________________|_______________________
                                                            (1840 - ....)                                      

Source references

[22] Headstone