Mr. Bennie Carl Boyett, Sr., 77, of Faulkville, passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at Memorial Health University Medical Center.

He was born in Register, GA to the late Benjamin "Scrap" & Blanche Mitchell Boyette.  He was also preceded in death by brothers, Kenneth Wade Boyette and James Coy Boyette and a sister, Lizzie Mae Hodges.  He served his country in the U.S. Navy and was a member of the #1 Masonic Lodge in Savannah.  He enjoyed going to thrift stores and looking for books and was an avid reader.  He retired in 2005 from the Electrical Local 508 Union.

Survivors include his wife, Ellen Polk Boyett of Faulkville; son and daughter-in-law, Bennie Boyett, Jr. & Connie of Faulkville; daughter and son-in-law, Sharon Boyett Grizzard & Ernie of Eden; grandchildren, Cohen Grizzard & Caitlin, Cory Grizzard, Amanda McDonald & Jeremy, Stephanie Boyett & D.J. Williams; great-grandchildren, Brycen McDonald, Aubrey McDonald, Beau McDonald, Wesson Williams, Mason Williams and Addy Grace Fenlon; sister, Evelyn Reynolds of Birmingham, AL; brother and sister-in-law, Larry Boyette & Kathy; several nieces and nephews.

The visitation will be on Friday, February 21 ^st at the funeral home from 10 until 11 a.m. with the funeral to follow at 11 a.m. in the chapel of the funeral home.  Rev. Leland Jeffers will officiate and the pallbearers will be Cohen Grizzard, Cory Grizzard, Jeremy McDonald, D.J. Williams, Timothy Nixon and Chris Finnegan.  Burial with military honors will follow in the Greenwich section of Bonaventure Cemetery.

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Homes – West Chatham Chapel – 901 W. Hwy. 80 – Pooler, GA (912) 748-2444