Adah Joan (McKenzie) Bennett

Adah Joan Bennett, beloved Wife, Sister, Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Aunt and friend passed peacefully on Sunday morning December 20th, 2015. Adah was born August 12, 1930 in Romeo, Colorado to Claude and Zillah McKenzie. She met and married Harold Bennett on May 13th, 1950. They were sealed for time and eternity on September 13th, 1969 at the Mesa, AZ Temple. She is survived by her husband of 65 years Harold Bennett, daughters Claudine Hockett (Skip), Wanda Bennett, Georgia Wilson (Curtis) and sister, Naomi Waycoff. She was grandmother to 13 grandchildren and great-grandmother to 28 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son James Lee Bennett, her daughter Adah Michelle Briggs, her brother Cecil McKenzie and sister-in-law Jackie McKenzie. Adah was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Farmington 7th Ward and devoted to visiting the Temple. Adah will be remembered as a faithful-loving wife, dedicated mother and devoted friend to all who were lucky enough to meet her. Her sweet disposition, her charitable nature, faith in God, unconditional love and gentle concern for her family and friends are a few of the distinguishing hallmarks of her life. Her care has been entrusted to Brewer Lee and Larkin Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 26th at 11:00am at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Apache Street building, with Bishop Carroll Carter, officiating. Pallbearers are Jimmy Hockett, Tommy Wilson, Cody Briggs, Casey Wilson, Jarrod Adams, Robert Wilson, and Jeffrey Adams. Honorary Pallbearers are Skip Hockett, Lynn Dunson, Curtis, Jared Briggs, Bryce Frost, and Aaron Briggs. Interment will follow services at Greenlawn Cemetery. Adah's care is entrusted to Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral Home, 103 East Ute St., Farmington, (505) 325-8688.