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BENNETT, EUGENE

Funeral services were held Sept. 1 at New Bethel Baptist Church, Jersey City, for Pastor Eugene Bennett. He passed away Aug. 25 at Christ Hospital in Jersey City. Eugene Bennett was born in Millen, Ga. to Maime and William Bennett and has lived in Jersey City since 1967. He was a foreman for the Jersey City Incineration Department for 30 years. He was pastor of Mount Sinai Baptist Church in Jersey City for over 20 years. He was a member of the Ministers Alliance, as well as the Concerned Clergy of Jersey City. He was the husband of the late Alice (Person); father of Michael, Deborah, Tyrance, and Marque Bennett, and the late Eugenia Griffith; stepfather of Jean Alice Quick, Alexander Hooker, and David Hooker; grandfather of Steven Green, Heather Griffith, Melissa Griffith, Allyson Griffith, Michael Bennett and Alexander Bennett; great grandfather of Eric, Ashleigh, Rachael, Kevin, Jersey, Iaisa, Isiah and Naiem; and brother of John, Ben, Buddy, Izel, Jerry, Josephine Bennett and Ethel Mae Clark. He is also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Services arranged by the G. Keenen O’Brien Funeral Home, Bayonne.

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