State House: | Mississippi |
Termstart: | January 1968 |
Termend: | January 1976 |
Successor: | Will Green Poindexter |
Birth Date: | 22 June 1925 |
Birth Place: | French Camp, Mississippi |
District: | 13th |
Death Place: | Kosciusko, Mississippi |
Alongside: | 1972-1976: Clyde E. Wood 1968-1972: Charles M. Deaton, Estes C. McDaniel, Clyde E. Wood, Hugh M. Arant |
Prior Term: | 15th (1968-1972) |
Otis Bee Bennett (June 22, 1925 - March 3, 2000) was an American politician and farmer. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1968 to 1976.
Otis Bee Bennett was born on June 22, 1925, in French Camp, Mississippi.[1] [2] He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bennett.[3] He moved to Sunflower County, Mississippi, in 1927.[4] He graduated from Sunflower Agricultural High School, Sunflower Junior College, and Mississippi State University. He served in the U. S. Air Force in World War II. Bennett, a farmer in Sunflower County, was elected to represent the 15th district in the Mississippi House of Representatives for the 1968-1972 term. He was then re-elected to represent the 13th district in the 1972-1976 term. Bennett died of heart failure at the Mississippi State Veterans Nursing Home in Kosciusko, Mississippi, on March 3, 2000.