Benny Baptist
Posted: September 30, 2022
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CRAWFORD — Benny Lee Baptist, 62, died at his residence.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. at Oakland M.B. Church, with Sammy White officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation is from 2-6 p.m. today, at Carter’s Funeral Services. Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Baptist was born May 8, 1960, in Oktibbeha County, to the late Willie Baptist and Beatrice Neal Baptist.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ada Tate Baptist; and siblings, Larry Baptist, Walter Baptist, George Henley and Willie Baptist.
He is survived by his children, Lashanda Tate of Columbus and Jacqueline Tate of Starkville; siblings, Cal Baptist, Jefferson Baptist, Lama Samuels, Terry Baptist, Michael Baptist, all of Crawford, Neal Samuel of Kankakee, Illinois, O.C. Henley, Shirley Morton, Michelle Adams, Sadie Baptist, all of Columbus, Annie Clayborn, Mary Bradford, both of Starkville, Faye Scott of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Linda Underwood of Hoover, Alabama; and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Joseph Turnipseed, Tommie Malone, Kelvin Daily, Bernard Bash, Frederick Bush and William Bell.