Christian, Bennie Lee

Services for Bennie Lee Christian, 98, of Longview, will be 10 a.m. 
Monday, June 11, 2007, at St. Michaels and All Angels Episcopal Church, 
with Pastor David Mays officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Park 
Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of 
Longview. Ms. Christian passed away Thursday afternoon at her home. The 
family will receive friends at the funeral home this evening from 6-8 
p.m.

Bennie was born March 31, 1909, in Mount Selman, Texas, to James and 
Allie Bruner. She moved to Longview in 1919. Bennie was a lifelong 
member of the Christian church. She married Earl Sessum Christian in 
September of 1926. When Sessum was drafted in World War II, Bennie 
began working at McIntosh Drug. She worked at the drug store until 
she retired in 1961.

Bennie was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Sessum 
Christian, in 1995; parents; three brothers, Roy, Maxey and James 
Bruner; two sisters-in-law, Jewel and Dorothy Bruner; and grandson 
William Dan Furge.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara and Bill 
Furge and Mary Louise and Bill Sanderford; one granddaughter, Ann 
Furge Keller and her husband, Dwight; five grandsons, John and Glenn 
Furge, Chris, Jeff and Doug Sanderford; two great-grandsons, Sam 
Keller and Christian Sanderford; one sister, Mozelle Mattix; 
"adopted" daughter, Joretta Williams and her husband, Wade; numerous 
nieces and nephews; and the many wonderful friends of Page Place.

The family requests that memorial donations be made to the Woodland 
Christian Church Building Fund, 909 Reel Rd, Longview, TX 75604, or 
to the charity of your choice.

A memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/10/2007.