Donald E. Bender, 64, of Clearwater, FL, formerly of Selma passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2011. The family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. on Friday, September 23, 2011 at Lawrence Brown-Service Funeral Home with Graveside services following at 11:00 a.m. at New Live Oak Cemetery.
Mr. Bender was preceded in death by his daughter, Leah Denise Bender; parents, James E. Bender and Jewel E. Bender.
He is survived by his brothers, James Hollis Bender and David Wayne Bender; sisters, Wanda Bender Calame (Lee) and Debora Bender Ricketts; step-mother, Laura Grindle Bender; three nieces, three nephews, eight great nieces and two great nephews.