Port Wentworth – Selma Tanner Bennett, 86, of Port Wentworth and wife of the late Harold Bennett, passed away Monday evening at her residence in Port Wentworth.

Mrs. Bennett was born on November 18, 1927 in Alma, Georgia to the late Mitchell and Mamie Tanner.  She lived in Alma  for several years and moved to Port Wentworth with her husband Harold in 1961.  Mrs. Bennett was a homemaker and loved gardening and spending time with her family.

Surviving are her son, Ben M. Bennett and his wife, Myrtle, of Savannah; her daughter, Cindy Taylor and her husband, Tommy of Port Wentworth; a brother, Rufus Tanner of Baxley; two grandchildren, Ashley Sikes and his wife, Stacy of Corpus Christie, Texas and Caitlin Taylor of Port Wentworth; two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Visitation:  12:30-1:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Funeral:  1 p.m. on Thursday in the chapel.

Interment:  Hillcrest Abbey West.