Benjamin Ray Emert

Benjamin "Bad Ben" Emert, 83, passed away on December 7, 2015. He was a proud Mason for over 50 years and was a member of the Teamsters, Local 89. He thoroughly enjoyed being outdoors and doing yard work. He was a generous, thoughtful, funny, loving and nurturing, dad and Pepa and he never met a stranger.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Jean Emert; daughter, Patricia Ann Emert; great-grandson, Benjamin Michael Wallen; brother, Jesse Carl Emert, Sr. and sister, Florence Elizabeth Tindall.

Ben is survived by his daughters, Ardeana Sue (Tom) Collard, Rebecca Lynn (Jerry) Russell and Pamela Kay (Kevin) Coulter; grandchildren, Patricia Nicole (Shane) Wallen, Melissa Dawn (Patrick) Moore, Heather Michelle Collard and Michael Ryan (Kim) Brady; 9 great-grandchildren and brother, Paul Emert,Jr.


Visitation will be Wednesday, December 9, 2015, from 4pm-8pm at Newcomer Funeral Home (10304 Dixie Highway) and Thursday, December 10, 2015, from 10am-1pm with a celebration of Ben's life beginning at 1pm at the chapel of Newcomer Funeral Home.

Entombment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery.

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