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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 12:08:59 AM
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DeeAnnBailey
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That was precious. I really thought we would hear from Bill Gaither and some of the others.
It was a beautiful home going thanks Brentwood and SN for making it available to us.
Thanks Debbie and family for making Roger available to us.
Vicki
There were many people from SGM at the funeral but we never saw Bill or Gloria. Signature Sound, Ben Speer, Sonya & Lily Isaacs were there from the 'Gaither regulars'. Dean & Kim Hopper, Stan Whitmire, Les Beasley, Mark Trammell, Tim Parton, Jeff Stice, The Talley, The Perrys, are just some of the artists that were in attendance.
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 12:11:21 AM
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I love this thread here. I loved seeing Roger in Denver several times.
Ramona, where are you in CO? Email me privately. Thanks everyone for keeping Roger's memories alive. He will always be remembered by all. I wrote a note to him years ago, way before he was very sick, and he said in person he was putting it in his scrap book.
I too hope that we get the blessing of buying the dvd or video of the service. I know L5 will be in Colorado Springs in April. May try to make it there for the 90 minute ride.
I tried getting in and listening to the service, but I couldn't access the link even though I cut and pasted it. I may be having some sound issues with my computer. Need to check it out.
Feels like I just discovered a new family of brothers and sisters here.
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 6:34:40 AM
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I love this thread here. I loved seeing Roger in Denver several times.
Ramona, where are you in CO? Email me privately. Thanks everyone for keeping Roger's memories alive. He will always be remembered by all. I wrote a note to him years ago, way before he was very sick, and he said in person he was putting it in his scrap book.
I too hope that we get the blessing of buying the dvd or video of the service. I know L5 will be in Colorado Springs in April. May try to make it there for the 90 minute ride.
I tried getting in and listening to the service, but I couldn't access the link even though I cut and pasted it. I may be having some sound issues with my computer. Need to check it out.
Feels like I just discovered a new family of brothers and sisters here.
carolg
Good ! I hope you'll continue to chat with us now that you're a member here!
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 7:00:44 AM
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That was precious. I really thought we would hear from Bill Gaither and some of the others.
It was a beautiful home going thanks Brentwood and SN for making it available to us.
Thanks Debbie and family for making Roger available to us.
Vicki
There were many people from SGM at the funeral but we never saw Bill or Gloria. Signature Sound, Ben Speer, Sonya & Lily Isaacs were there from the 'Gaither regulars'. Dean & Kim Hopper, Stan Whitmire, Les Beasley, Mark Trammell, Tim Parton, Jeff Stice, The Talley, The Perrys, are just some of the artists that were in attendance.
Thanks! I'm especially glad to see that Signature Sound was there. Of all the great singers who traveled with Scott during his Cathedrals years, Ernie is now the only one left. I'm glad to see they could make it.
I was also glad to hear of all the other Cathedrals who were there--at least Mark Trammell, Danny Funderburk, Kirk Talley, and Gerald Wolfe, and maybe a few of the earlier ones.
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 8:04:16 AM
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These are the people I saw there - I'm sure I missed some but here is the list for folks asking
Mark, LaResa and Nick Trammell
Tony Jarmen
Jonathan Sawrie
Adam Borden
Gerald & Donna Wolfe
Jason & Missy Waldrop
Rodney Griffin
Josh Garner
Ben Speer
Libbi & Tracy Stuffle
Joseph Habedank
Kasey Embry
Eva (Burger) Howard, AJ & Austin Burger
Stewart Varando
Randy & Scoot Shelton
Danny Jones
Steve Hurst
Stan Whitmire
SSQ
Ken Davis
The Galloways
Jimmy Blackwood
Rick Goodman
Norman Holland
Van (Mrs. Glen) Payne, her lovely daughters and son
Kirk Talley
Roger, Debra & Lauren Talleys
David Staton
Ed Crawford
Zane King
Hope's Call
Tribute Qt
Les & Clark Beasley
Danny Funderburk
Tim Parton
Judy Nelon
John Starnes
Dean & Kim Hopper
Aaron Crisler
Sonya & Lily Issacs
Luann Burger & Lori Apple
Maurice and Marsha Templeton
I'm sure I missed some, but these are the people I spoke with or Alicia spoke with. And it seems like I'm forgetting someone I saw but if so I'll add them when I think about it.
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 9:40:48 AM
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Steve Lee, was there. he was the baritone and piano picker with the Cats when Roger was hired.
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 10:57:45 AM
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Wow! What a service. I was glad to see the turn out of people from other groups. It was so touching that groups from all over the country would come and honor Roger. Here are a few I saw not already listed.
Les Beasly and Family
Gene McDonald
Nick Trammel
Matt Felts
Brad Smith
I had a chance to talk with some of these and others. I heard this over and over, "We never thought we would lose him. He had beaten it so many times, we took it for granted."
I think we all did.
We will miss you Roger!!!
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 11:17:21 AM
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I heard this over and over, "We never thought we would lose him. He had beaten it so many times, we took it for granted."
I think we all did.
We will miss you Roger!!!
I think we did, too....this world is a lonlier place without him. At the last battle, when I heard he was in ICU and going to be intubated and sedated, I knew if there was a time to pray it was NOW. That the time was critical.....I only regret that I didn't pray more for him when he was up and about, able to send out L5 eletters and post in Midnight Meditations, and even perform with Legacy Five.....so did we fail him? Did we?? We, who were supposed to "hold the ropes"? It made me realize I've taken alot of things for granted in this life that were never garunteed: loved ones, good living conditions, even things....."for what is our life? It is even as a vapor, which appeareth for a little while then vanisheth away....." 
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 1:00:49 PM
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Does anyone know if the stream of the funeral is archived? I tried several times yesterday and today and have never been able to access it. I'm assuming that the servers were too busy.
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 2:05:18 PM
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DeeAnnBailey
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My understanding is the funeral was not to be achieved it was live only.
Also, GCQF, I did see Gene McDonald and his family and I believe Les & Clarke Beasley were on the list together and Nick was listed with his family.
I didn't know you were going I wish we could have met.
And Harvester, I didn't see Steve but wish I had, also Earl Brewer was there. I know there were others probably that I missed as we
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 4:23:48 PM
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I was unable to access it. Donna
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 4:43:53 PM
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L5FanLady, I know what you are feeling, I have felt the same way the last few days. I've asked Lord would one more prayer have changed things, but I don't think it would have. We as fans did the only thing we could and that was pray. But like I said in an earlier post, we forget that God answers ALL prayers its just sometimes the answer was no. Its a valid answer and something we must accept. God had finished Rogers mansion, he knew Roger had fought a noble fight and gave Him the glory all through that fight and He decided it was time for Roger to rest. It was time for him to be at peace. So, no I don't think all of our prayers was going to change Gods mind. He knew what was best for Roger and going Home was it. 
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I heard this over and over, "We never thought we would lose him. He had beaten it so many times, we took it for granted."
I think we all did.
We will miss you Roger!!!
I think we did, too....this world is a lonlier place without him. At the last battle, when I heard he was in ICU and going to be intubated and sedated, I knew if there was a time to pray it was NOW. That the time was critical.....I only regret that I didn't pray more for him when he was up and about, able to send out L5 eletters and post in Midnight Meditations, and even perform with Legacy Five.....so did we fail him? Did we?? We, who were supposed to "hold the ropes"? It made me realize I've taken alot of things for granted in this life that were never garunteed: loved ones, good living conditions, even things....."for what is our life? It is even as a vapor, which appeareth for a little while then vanisheth away....."
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 5:21:14 PM
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L5FanLady
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So much I could say....thank you, savannahgirl.....it was hard seeing Roger the last 18 mos. to one year of his life....he looked so tired, so weak. It would be beyond selfish for us to have him here despite his suffering. It would literally have taken a God-sized miracle for him to pull thru that last time (Though I now God is able...) I know that Roger is better where he is, but I---we---miss him terribly here. We WILL see him again!! I was just reading my Bible, and I wanted to find this verse again:
"But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day." Prov. 4:18
Isn't that beautiful? Roger has reached his perfect day!  And this verse which is directly opposed to the tendencies of human nature:
"Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints." Psalm 116:15
And this is our hope, though we miss Roger dearly:
"But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Wherefore comfort one another with these words." I Thess. 4:13-18
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 5:42:16 PM
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This is my first time to post having just joined. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Singing News for the wonderful site they have provided to help those that loved Roger Bennett deal with his passing.
I was reading the most recent posts about Roger and the question if more prayer would have produced a different result. I have been a Ropeholder from the beginning and just went back to Roger's Journal to look at his February 5, 2007, post (Seasons). This was the last post that Roger shared with us. I can't help but believe that he was trying to prepare us for his homegoing.
In this post he speaks to the fact that Christians are the worst people to accept what God says sometimes. Roger said there are all types of "seasons", i.e. happy, sad, discouraged, and that we should live in each and every one whether they're good or not so good. God has three answers: "yes", "no", and "wait". Personally, I usually have a problem with the last two, especially right now. I'm working on it (and me), but I'm still a work-in-progress.
As all the Ropeholders, and so many others, believe, Roger Bennett was truly a remarkable man who we loved dearly. We grieve his passing for the obvious reason, namely, our overwhelming sense of loss of such a amazing man who truly loved his Lord and “the folks”. While Christians know that he has “graduated” with his new heavenly body, he will most assuredly be missed with the void that remains.
I'm not certain how I should be listing my name and will obviously get better at this as time goes on. I have really been getting into this watching the different posts talking to each other.
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 5:45:16 PM
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Just wanted to say thanks to all the folks who worked so hard yesterday so that those of us who loved Roger could share in the funeral. It meant a lot to me. So thanks to those at Brentwood church; to the Singing News staff; and to the posters here who helped keep us up-to-date on the links so we could get on in time. Also to anyone else who was involved that I don't know about!
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 5:49:03 PM
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karenthies, welcom to the forum. Anytime you feel like posting just hop right in. It take a few trys to get used to posting but not long. And everything you said about Roger is true. Don't worry about sharing your grief or anything else in this forum, we are all in the same boat.
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This is my first time to post having just joined. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Singing News for the wonderful site they have provided to help those that loved Roger Bennett deal with his passing.
I was reading the most recent posts about Roger and the question if more prayer would have produced a different result. I have been a Ropeholder from the beginning and just went back to Roger's Journal to look at his February 5, 2007, post (Seasons). This was the last post that Roger shared with us. I can't help but believe that he was trying to prepare us for his homegoing.
In this post he speaks to the fact that Christians are the worst people to accept what God says sometimes. Roger said there are all types of "seasons", i.e. happy, sad, discouraged, and that we should live in each and every one whether they're good or not so good. God has three answers: "yes", "no", and "wait". Personally, I usually have a problem with the last two, especially right now. I'm working on it (and me), but I'm still a work-in-progress.
As all the Ropeholders, and so many others, believe, Roger Bennett was truly a remarkable man who we loved dearly. We grieve his passing for the obvious reason, namely, our overwhelming sense of loss of such a amazing man who truly loved his Lord and “the folks”. While Christians know that he has “graduated” with his new heavenly body, he will most assuredly be missed with the void that remains.
I'm not certain how I should be listing my name and will obviously get better at this as time goes on. I have really been getting into this watching the different posts talking to each other.
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 6:05:23 PM
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Karen, welcome!
Some of us do use our own name; I'm an example. AdamEdwards and DeeAnnBailey also go use their own names. libbistuffle has on the few times she's posted here.
Other members go by their first names. Some of the ones who use their first names pretty regularly are:
DJSfromCleveland: David Stuart
JimC: Jim
Dinana: Diana
GVfan: Donna (Diana's twin sister)
L5FanLady: Tina
L5Ropeholder: Brian
DieHardKingsmenFan: Josh
ScreamingTenorManFan: Noah
Then there are some members of the board who go exclusively by their usernames, such as Ps103, Kerrlaw1 (who goes by Kerr), and SmokyMtnSanta (who goes by Santa). And we have a few completely anonymous members, too, such as Amerigrammy and Amerigrandpa.
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 6:16:44 PM
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Wow! What a service. I was glad to see the turn out of people from other groups. It was so touching that groups from all over the country would come and honor Roger. Here are a few I saw not already listed.
Les Beasly and Family
Gene McDonald
Nick Trammel
Matt Felts
Brad Smith
I had a chance to talk with some of these and others. I heard this over and over, "We never thought we would lose him. He had beaten it so many times, we took it for granted."
I think we all did.
We will miss you Roger!!!
Yes, I think that most of us thought he would pull through once again.
It was a touching service, especially when Jordan sang.
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 6:28:37 PM
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I would like to say that we have lost a truly good friend and wonderful person. He makes that piano sing and what a blessing that has been for me and my husband. I went to school in Lynn AR and that is about 9 miles from where Roger went to school. He was a fine christian and a wonderful pianoist. May God bless his family and may Legacy Five continue to do the work that Roger helped start. Roger is playing for our Lord Jesus. In His Love and Prayers. Bill and Teresa Bussey South Carolina
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 7:52:26 PM
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I will miss Roger alot there was no one like him, when I was down I always put Roger in my cd player. I also have him on my Mp3 players.
I know what it is like to lose a mate to cancer, I lost my wife of 29 years. But with gospel music and God I got by. I will keep them in my pray's. God Bless All.
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 8:27:20 PM
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I am new to posting also, bear with me please.
My wife and I were reminicing over the memories we have of Roger, how very impressed we were with him when we first saw the Cathedrals back in 1992. How we remember when, in a concert in Ft. Wayne IN, we heard him announce his diaganosis of lukemia, and how there was not a dry eye in the auditorium, except his.
We especially laughed at the way he, when someone would walk to the stage to take a picture, would lean way over and make a silly face at them.
It was our pleasure, and honor, to help with seating at an L5 concert in Syracuse, IN, and being there early, we got to watch them rehearsing, and chat with Roger for a while. My wife requested he sing Homeland, and during the performance he mentioned that request, and had her to stand up, then said "I'm not going to do it", but of course he did, and she was thrilled!
Roger's life has touched untold thousands of people, through his wit, his music, and his testimony, and he wil be missed.
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RE: Roger Bennett Passes Away - 3/22/2007 9:34:06 PM
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i like the "in his grip" one
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