Bennie Sue Lingle

Bennie Sue Lingle, 88 of Florien, Louisiana, passed away on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, at Sabine Retirement in Many, Louisiana. Sue was born on February 28, 1935, to Wesley Gilbert Self and Margarette Lorraine (Sellers) Self in Navarro, Texas. A visitation will be held for her on Saturday October 21, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. at Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel, 9891 Texas Highway, Many, Louisiana. Her service will begin at 2:00 p.m. with interment to follow in the Fort Jessup Cemetery. 

Bennie Sue was preceded in death by her parents, Wesley Gilbert Self and Margarette Lorraine (Sellers) Self; her sister, Sybil Gladys Grizzle; and her grandson, Neil Eugene Dillard. She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Martin Dale Lingle; her children, Ronald Dillard & wife, Phyllis, Deborah Sue Grabener & husband, Bruce, Kenneth Dillard & wife, Terry, Dwayne Lingle & wife, Janice, and Michael Lingle & wife, Melissa; her grandsons, David Dillard, and Matthew Lingle; her granddaughters, Jessica Dillard, Alyssa Lingle, Michelle Stockwell, Jennifer Rambin, Melissa Suhar, and Michelle Suhar; her great grandsons, Drew Dillard, Jeremy Dillard, Tristen Dodd, Dillard Jenkins, Vincent Jenkins, Myles Lingle, Michael McCrary III, Samuel McCrary, Jacob Rayburn, Ashton Stockwell, Chance Stockwell, and Evan Suhar; and her great granddaughters, Trinity Dillard, Eternity Jenkins, and Alexis Rambin; four great-great granchildren; her brother, Gilbert Ray Self; and her sister, Judith Ann McRae; along with a host of nieces, nephews, friends, and other relatives.

Honoring her as pallbearers will be Jacob Rayburn, Brent Stockwell, Matthew Lingle, James Grizzle, Kenny Dillard, and Gilbert Self.