Funeral service for Mildred Bentley 86, of Era, Texas, are set for Tuesday September 18, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at the Geo. J. Carroll and Son Chapel with the Rev. Bill Black officating with burial to follow in the Era Cemetery.
Mildred was born on October 6, 1925 in Hood County, Texas, to Charles and Eula Hughes Myers. She lived and worked in Gainesville until her fiance, Orville Bentley, returned from serving in France during World War II. They were married on October 26, 1946. Mildred spent her life as a homemaker and was a loving caretaker to her children and grandchildren. She was also deeply loved by her nieces and nephews and by her life long friend Carol Felker of Gainesville. She was a member of the Era Methodist Church.
Mildred is survived by Husband O. E. Bentley of Era, two sons Rex Bentley and his wife Marla Bentley and their children, Jeremiah and Brandy Bentley, and their children, Jackson and Luke Bentley, of Austin, Texas, Brandy and her husband Lance and their children Madyson Briggs of Weatherford, Texas, Hope Tuell and her husband Todd and their children Grayson and Taylor Tuell of Aledo, Texas, and Monica Bentley and Larry Wofford of Gainesville and their son Eddy Wofford and Son Keith Bentley and his wife Debra and their children Jessica Moore of Indianapolis, Ind., and Steffan Bentley of Austin, Texas.
Pallbearers will be Luke Myers, Mike Graves, Greg Selby, Michael Selby, Eugene Bentley and Edwin Knight.
