A memorial service for Bennie Louis Phelps will be held at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at the Northeast Louisiana War Veteran's Home Chapel Hwy 165 North Monroe, LA. Dr. Dennis Phelps, nephew of Bennie will officiate, assisted by Rev. Don Holloway. A private burial ceremony will be held at Meridian Church Cemetery, Marion, LA. Bennie Louis Phelps, 86, of Monroe was born January 22, 1926 to L.L. “Buddy” Phelps and Ila Gladys Cobb Phelps, and passed away Monday July 16, 2012. Bennie graduated from Ouachita Parish High School and attended Northeast Jr. College. He served in the United States Air Force during World War II. He was later employed by Texaco Oil Company. Bennie was preceded in death by his daughter, Gloria Suzanne, two brothers, Vaughn L. Phelps and George L. Phelps and a sister, Sybil Joy Carpenter McDevitt. Bennie is survived by two sons, James Montgomery Monty Phelps and Barry Louis Phelps, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.