259. HENRY LEE⁵ BENTLEY (ARENA JANE⁴ JOHNSTON, JAMES FRANKLIN³, GEORGE GREGORY ("G.G." OR "GREG")², LEWIS¹) (#997) was born in Randolph County, Arkansas, on October 22, 1876. HENRY died March 16, 1967 while living with his daughter, Laura Smith, in Pampa, Texas, at 90 years of age. He was buried in Coleman Cemetery, Coleman, Texas.

He married ALICE LUCRETIA DOWNING in Randolph County, Arkansas, April 27, 1897. (ALICE LUCRETIA DOWNING is #1310.) ALICE was born in Lindseyville, Arkansas, December 13, 1877. ALICE was the daughter of WILLIAM A. DOWNING and ARABELLE WHITE. ALICE died October 15, 1946 at the home of their son, Talmadge, in Enid, Oklahoma, at 68 years of age. She was buried in Coleman Cemetery, Coleman, Texas.

HENRY LEE BENTLEY and ALICE LUCRETIA DOWNING had the following family:

417 i. TALMADGE LAFAYETTE⁶ BENTLEY (#1313) was born in Randolph County, Arkansas, September 3, 1898. 

418 ii. ALMA ARLINE BENTLEY (#1315) was born in Maynard, Randolph County, Arkansas, on September 25, 1899.

419 iii. RUFUS ORAN BENTLEY (#1317) was born in Randolph County, Arkansas, March 21, 1901. RUFUS died December 17, 1978 at 77 years of age. He married ROSE CONSTANT on date unknown. (ROSE CONSTANT is #1318.)

420 iv. MARVIN LUTHER BENTLEY (#1319) was born in Randolph County, Arkansas ,May 20, 1902. MARVIN died May 16, 1964 at 61 years of age. He married GLYNN BRISTOW on date unknown. (GLYNN BRISTOW is #1320.)

421 v. ARVELLA BENTLEY (#1321) was born in Randolph County, Arkansas, February 19, 1904. ARVELLA died July 21, 1997 at 93 years of age. She married CHALMER J. VOWELL on date unknown. (CHALMER J. VOWELL is #1322.)

422 vi. ETHEL ELLIS BENTLEY (#1323) was born in Eddy, Texas, December 13, 1905. ETHEL died April 4, 1992 at 86 years of age. She married EMMETT GARNER on date unknown. (EMMETT GARNER is #1324.)

423 vii. JOHN MCKINLEY BENTLEY (#1325) was born in Eddy, Texas, April 25, 1907. JOHN died October 10, 1982 at 75 years of age. He married an unknown person.

424 viii. RALPH CONNALLY BENTLEY (#1326) was born in Rockwood, Coleman County, Texas, January 28, 1909. He married VIVIAN HARRISON on date unknown. (VIVIAN HARRISON is #1327.)

425 ix. ROY LANGSTON BENTLEY (#1328) was born in Rockwood, Coleman County, Texas, April 3, 1910. ROY died June 9, 1984 at 74 years of age. Roy is interred in Coleman Cemetery, Coleman, Texas, on the same lot with his parents.

426 x. ALICE ISABELLE BENTLEY (#1329) was born in Rockwood, Coleman County, Texas, June 7, 1911. ALICE died September 8, 1962 at 51 years of age. She married CARRIS LESLIE COPELAND on date unknown. (CARRIS LESLIE COPELAND is #1330.) Alice was interred in Coleman Cemetery, Coleman, Texas, next to her parents.

+ 427 xi. LAURA GERTRUDE BENTLEY was born February 14, 1913.

428 xii. THOMAS RAY BENTLEY (#1333) was born in Rockwood, Coleman County, Texas, December 15, 1915. He married BONNIE (-----------) on date unknown. (BONNIE (-----------) is #1334.)

HENRY LEE BENTLEY as a boy  

HENRY LEE at  age 22, 1897

HENRY LEE BENTLEY 
ALICE LUCRETIA DOWNING      
WEDDING PICTURE - 1897                        

HENRY LEE AND ALICE BENTLEY
      with TALMAGE LAFAYETTE and 
      baby ALMA
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ARKANSAS  1899
                                                                                                    

HENRY LEE BENTLEY with granddaughters,
SYLVIA SMITH and JUANETTA KRISTEEN BENTLEY
About 1940

COLEMAN CEMETERY, COLEMAN, TEXAS
All family records affirm that Henry Lee's actual birth year was 1876.

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