Clarinda M. Bennett
Clarinda McCain Bennett, 52, of 263 2nd Street, Allison, Pa., and formerly of Queens, New York City, New York, passed away Thursday, May 30, 2002, in Life Care Medical Center, Wilkinsburg, Pa. She was born in Queens, New York City, New York, on November 18, 1949, daughter of the late Rev. Bassie McCain Sr. and Clarinda McCain.
She was a resident of the Brownsville/Allison, Pa., area for 10 years.
She was retired from the United States Postal Service at the Flushing, New York, Post Office.
She was a member of the Postal Workers Union and the postal service softball and bowling teams.
She was also a faithful member of the Mount Lebanon Baptist Church.
She leaves to mourn her loss and cherish her memory eight brothers: Bassie McCain Jr. and his wife, Ruth, of Laurelton, New York, Willie McCain and his wife, Connie, of Hopkins, South Carolina, Charles McCain and his wife, Emile, of Jacksonville, Florida, Lincoln McCain and his wife, Minister Sandra McCain, of Grindstone, Pa., Nathan McCain and his wife, Yvonne, of St. Albans, New York, Marvin McCain and his wife, Cheryl, of Brooklyn, New York, Matthew McCain of New York City, New York, and Alfred McCain and his wife, Kris, of Fairchance, Pa.; six sisters: Juliet Hipp, Bertha Patton and her husband, Theopolis, and Thelma Tillman all of Brooklyn, New York, Ophelia Martin of Allison, Pa., Henrietta Henry of Chandler, Arizona, and Roberta Elder of St. Albans, New York; a spiritual daughter, Iler Brown, and spiritual granddaughters, Jamalica Taylor and Jaykel Brown, all of Uniontown, Pa.; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Friends will be received at Mount Lebanon Baptist Church, Baltimore Street, Brownsville, Pa., on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
A Funeral Service will be held Wednesday, June 5, at 11 a.m. at the Church with Dr. Herman B. Jackson officiating.
Interment follows in LaFayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, Pa.
Arrangements are being handled by the LAW FUNERAL HOME, 135 Angle Street, Brownsville, Pa.