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Allen Bennett Honored
State Sen. Chapin Rose (left) and State Rep. Brad Halbrook (right) hosted the family of Allen Bennett at the Statehouse April 10. Rose and Halbrook sponsored legislation honoring Bennett and his service to the people of Illinois. Pictured from left to right: Sen. Rose; Allen’s daughter, Tammera McClendon; Mary K. Bennett (Allen’s wife); Allen’s son, Allen F. Bennett II; Christi Bennett (wife of Allen II); Jean Kimbrough (friend of Tammera), State Rep. Brad Halbrook.
Allen Bennett died in November 2017. He lived in Windsor and was a Circuit Judge in Shelby County. Bennett was also a former Illinois State Representative, serving constituents in Shelby, Macon, and Moultrie counties and a former state’s attorney in Moultrie County. Bennett was 74.