Dr. Ann Bennett, 90, of Florence, AL passed away on October 25, 2024. A private graveside service will be held at the Florence City Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, October 30th, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM at First Presbyterian Church in Tuscumbia, AL. A celebration of life service will follow and will be officiated by the Rev. Gary Nantt. Williams Funeral Home is assisting the family during this time.
Dr. Bennett was preceded in death by her parents, Dr. Thomas Lee and Mildred Jackson Bennett Jr. and sister, Douglass Bennett Roberson.
She is survived by her sister, Noel Bennett Perritt; nieces and nephews, Bennett Perritt, Mary Alderman (Wayne), Daughtry Perritt (Lisa), Nancy Perritt, Ray Roberson, and Lee Roberson; twelve grand nieces and nephews; and three great-grand nieces and nephews.
Dr. Bennett was born in Florence, AL on February 16, 1934. She graduated from Coffee High School in 1951 and the University of Alabama Medical School in Birmingham, AL in 1962 followed by an internship at Duke Hospital at the University of North Carolina. She completed her Dermatology Residency at Tulane University in 1966. Dr. Bennett practiced Dermatology in Houston, TX; Birmingham, AL; and Florence, AL until she retired at the age of eighty-eight.
Her deep love for the Lord led to her involvement with numerous ministries including SS Hope, the world’s first peacetime hospital ship; Doctors Without Borders, a ministry bringing medical care to people in crisis around the world; Sacred Road Ministries, a church planting ministry dedicated to the Takama (Washington) and Warm Springs (Oregon) Indian reservations; and Young Life, an outreach and discipleship ministry to teens. Her gift of hospitality was evident as she opened her lake home to various Bible study groups, ministries, friends, and family. Most importantly, she personally touched a countless number of lives through her prayers, compassion and spiritual guidance to all who knew her.
The family would like to thank her friends and neighbors for their love and support. She was truly grateful for the encouragement of her nursing staff and her medical peers throughout the years.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church of Tuscumbia, Sacred Road Ministries, or Doctors Without Borders.
