STEVEN BENNETT VARNADO, 55, of Mabank, formerly of Irving, died Saturday, June 5, 2010 at a Tyler hospital. Born April 5, 1955 in Dallas, he was the son of Elvin Varnado and Wanda Ruth Bennett Varnado. A graduate of MacArthur High School in Irving, he was a master electrician. An Episcopalian, he had a love for photography, cooking, reading and electronics. He loved to build things or take them apart just to see how they worked. Preceded in death by his parents and a brother David Elvin Varnado, he is survived by a sister, Donna Easley and her husband Rusty of Eustace; a brother Homer Lee Varnado and his wife Sue of Fort Smith, Arkansas; uncle, L. A. Varnado and wife Omega of Mesquite, TX; aunts, Bonnie Martin of Summit, Mississippi and LaVelle Varnado and husband Gerald of Denham Springs, Louisiana; niece, Shannon Easley of Addison; and nephew David Easley of Eustace. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home with a funeral service 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at Dallas/Fort Worth National Cemetery.