James Van Etten Bent Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of James Van Etten Bent of Jacksonville, Florida, born in Evansville, Indiana, who passed away on January 13, 2024, at the age of 87, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
He was predeceased by: his parents, Van Etten Bent and Elizabeth Lambert Bent. He is survived by: his sister Elizabeth Bent Colmery; his wife Patricia Paul Bent of Jacksonville; his children, Patricia Bent MacRae, James Van Etten Bent, Jr. and Robert Paul Bent; his grandchildren, Cary Cummer MacRae, Ann Chesnut MacRae Sharp, James Douglas Kirkpatrick MacRae, James Lambert Bent, Barbara Taylor Bent and Robert Van Etten Bent; his nieces, Anne Colmery Brown, Virginia Colmery Parsley, Pamela DuVal Paul and Barbara Paul Barnett; his nephew Christopher Yardley Paul; and also, Serena MacRae Sharp, Stephen Lavator Sharp, Barbara Jane Sharp and Ivy Katharine MacRae.
The family requests in lieu of flowers, memorials in Jimmy's honor be sent to St. Mark's Episcopal Church, The Bolles School (7400 San Jose Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida 32217), or Community Hospice (4266 Sunbeam Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32257).
