Bennie Lee Stephens

Bennie Lee Stephens, age 86 of Houston, Texas born October 30, 1928 entered into eternal rest on March 17, 2015. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 64 years, Thelma M. Stephens and three children, daughter Deborah M. Stephens and husband W.E. Wilson, of Houston, TX and sons, Michael L. Stephens and his wife Cindy Stephens of Porter, TX and David A. Stephens and his wife Kim Stephens of Spring, TX and five grandchildren, Treavor Quinn and his wife, Mary, of Friendswood, TX, Tyler Quinn and his wife Kristina, of Nampa, ID, Brett Stephens and his wife Stephanie of Porter, TX, Shelley Vance and her husband Bucky of Cypress, TX and Keith Stephens of LaPorte, TX and twelve Great-grandchildren, Elizabeth, Madison, Kylie, Autumn, Mackynzie, Ashlyn, Joshua, Alyssa, Brady, Emma, Jackson and Ben. Numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. Mr. Stephens was preceded in death by his parents, Carlee and Ruby Stephens and his brother, Donald Stephens of Ada, OK. He was known to all as PawPaw.

Mr. Stephens worked as a route salesman for 49 years with Aramark Uniform Services and retired several years ago. He was always known for having a joke to tell. He enjoyed bowling and woodworking and in his earlier years, he was a member of Port Street Baptist Church, Houston, TX and then when he and Thelma moved from Denver Harbor area to Woodland Acres they became members and he was deacon of Glendale Baptist Church, Houston, TX and basically remodeled almost every inch of the church every weekend throughout the years and was a Sunday school teacher there. He and Thelma went on to Uvalde Baptist Church, Houston, TX later where he was also taught Sunday School, then moved on to Dell Dale Baptist Church in Channelview, TX where he and Thelma attended in his later years. He was a wonderful teacher of the Bible and especially enjoyed reading and teaching Bible prophecy and looked forward to the rapture. He and his Mother used to stay up half the night having great discussions of the Bible. He was a good man, husband, father, grandfather and good friend and loved God and his Bible.

Visitation will be held on Friday, March 20, 2015 from 9:00 am to 11:00am at Advantage Howard Glendale Funeral Chapel, 1015 Federal Rd. Houston, Texas 77015. Funeral Services will follow at 11:00 A.M. Interment will be held at South Park Cemetery in Pearland, Texas.

Just a few words from some friends and family –

“Wow what a wealth of Bible knowledge just left the earth what an awesome Bible teacher Bennie Stephens always was.”

“PawPaw was such a smart, sweet, funny person. I loved him & will really miss him, as I'm sure is the case for all who knew him. Love to you all.

“I knew he was ill, but always held that glimmer of hope that he would have been with us a few more years, but God decided it was time for Daddy to meet him face to face. For those that don't know, my dad was a great teacher and scholar of the Bible. He was a great man and will be forever in our hearts.”

“When we were kids, Bennie, James, Phillip, Don and I (Dean) use to get into trouble all the time. We went to the hay barn and made tunnels throughout the hay and when winter came and Dad went to get the hay to feed the animals, he started pulling bales down and low and behold, what he thought was a barn-full of hay was only half because of the tunnels. Boy did we ever get in trouble.”

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