Mozelle “Mo” Bennie, age 91, passed away on Sunday October 9th at her home in Abilene, Texas.
Mozelle was born on November 21, 1930 in Waco, Texas to Warren and Emma Davidson Jowers. Mozelle’s mother Emma passed away when she was 5 years old and being during the times of the great depression her and her younger sister were sent to an orphanage in Austin Texas until her father Warren married her stepmother Gladys Bailey Rhodes in 1939. She was one of 13 children. Warren had five children with Emma, Gladys had four children and then they had four more together. Her parents often said ” Yours, mine and ours.” when referring to them as children.
She never looked at growing up in the depression as a hardship, always saying she knew other people that had it much harder. She was proud that the hardships she did have made her resourceful and a hard worker. She could make anything out of nothing! Mozelle cooked for over 50 years in Brownwood at several cafés including The Red Wagon and The Brownwood Café. People that knew her loved her. Known to many by Mo or Granny Mo.
Mozelle married Charles Albert Bennie in Plainview Texas on May 10, 1947, and was married for 32 years.
She is survived by 5 children, Jesse “Hopper” Bennie, Charles (Marie)”Chuck” Bennie, Robert “Chris” Bennie, Dorothy (Gayland) Strother all of Brownwood Texas, Cynthia Collins of Abilene Texas. 13 Grandchildren, 17 Great-Grandchildren and 14 Great-Great Grandchildren and many nephews and nieces.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Charlie, 1 Daughter in law: Patricia Bennie, 2 Grandchildren: Barney “Bubba” Westerman, Susan Carmack, 1 Great-Grandchild: Christohper Dudley 12 brothers and sisters Gertrude McQueen, Willi Oretha Turner, Della Cass, Irene Hansen, Alvena Rhodes, Winston “Tex” Jowers, Clinton Jowers, W.O. “Dub” Jowers, Billy Wayne Jowers, Donald Ray Jowers, JR. Rhodes, Johnny Rhodes.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, October 12th, 2022, from 6:00pm-8:00pm at Heritage Funeral Home (Davis-Morris) in Brownwood Texas. Graveside services on Thursday, October 13th, 2022, at 1:00pm at Greenleaf Cemetery in Brownwood, Texas
Services are entrusted to Heritage Funeral Home Davis-Morris Chapel.
