Person:Donald Benoit (1)

Birth

Donald Benoit, son of Murphy Benoit and Lucy Wing, was born in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

Death

Services Held Sunday for Murphy Donald Benoit

VINTON, LA. Aug. 13. Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Sunday from the Vinton residence of Murphy Donald Benoit, 32, who died at 3 a.m., Saturday at the John Sealy hospital in Galveston.

The Rev. Mr. Bell, Methodist minister at Vinton, conducted the service. Burial was at Niblett's Bluff Cemetery, with the Hixson Funeral Home in charge.

A lifelong resident of Vinton, Mr. Benoit was born at Singer, LA, and was a member of the Methodist church. He had been employed at the Consolidated Shipyards at Orange, TX.

He is survived by his widow, Stella Benoit, a brother, and his father, Murphy Benoit.

Funeral Rites for Murphy D. Benoit

VINTON, LA. Aug. 14. Murphy Donald Benoit died at John Sealey Hospital in Galveston Saturday at 3 am.

A native of Vinton, he attended Vinton high school, and was employed at Consolidated Steel Corporation in Orange as night fire inspector.

Funeral services were held at the family home Sunday at 4 pm. under the direction of Hixson funeral home. Rev. G.A. Bell conducted the services and burial was at Nibletts Bluff Cemetery.

Surviving Mr. Benoit are his father, Murphy Benoit, his wife, and one brother, Bob Benoit, all of Vinton.

Pallbearers were Floyd Holland, Olivier Barrios(?), Phillip F?, Harry Navarre, Paul Johnson, and German Wing.

Documentation

Census Records

1920 Census - Household of Murphy Benoit S2

1930 Census - Household of Murphy Benoit S5

Newspaper Clippings

Obituary - Murphy Donald Benoit S3

Services Held Sunday for Murphy Donald Benoit S3

Photographs

Helen and Donald Benoit (photo from Benoit family album)

Headstone, Niblett's Bluff Cemetery

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} United States. Bureau of the Census. 14th census, 1920. Louisiana, 1920 federal census : soundex and population schedules. (Washington [District of Columbia]: The National Archives, 193-?)
   Year: 1920; Census Place: Vinton, Calcasieu, Louisiana; Roll: T625_606; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 54; Image: 501., 13 Jan 1920.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} United States. Bureau of the Census. 15th census, 1930. Louisiana, 1930 federal census: soundex and populations schedules ; NARA microfilm publications T626 and M2054. (Washington, District of Columbia: Bureau of the Census Micro-Film Laboratory, 199-?)
   Year: 1930; Census Place: Vinton, Calcasieu, Louisiana; Roll: 789; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 26; Image: 245.0., 11 Apr 1930.
3.   Lake Charles, Louisiana. American Press. (Lake Charles, Louisiana).