Randolph County AlArchives Obituaries.....Benefield, Thomas E.  June 26, 1942
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The West Point News
Services were conducted from the Midway church, near Wedowee, Saturday, for 
Thomas E. Benefield, 55, of Lanett, who died Friday, June 26. The Reverend 
Robert Bugg, of Wedowee, officiated. Mr. Benefield was born in Cherokee county. 
He was a member of the Lanett Baptist church. The survivors include his wife, 
Mrs. Eula DeLoach Benefield, nine children and 12 grandchildren. Johnson and 
Blakely were in charge of arrangements.

Lafayette Sun:
Thomas E. Benefield, age 55, of Lanett, died from self-inflicted shot gun wounds 
at 8:30 A. M. last Friday morning. Mr. Benefield was in apparent good health, 
but according to reports had threatened to take his life on several occasions. 
He was in Wellington Park near the new swimming pool when he placed the muzzle 
of the gun near his head and pulled the trigger with a stick. Funeral services 
were conducted from the Midway Church near Wedowee, Alabama, Saturday afternoon 
at 3:00 P. M. with the Rev. Bugg conducting. Interment was in the churchyard 
cemetery with Johnson & Blakely in charge. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Eula 
DeLoach Benefield, nine children and 12 grandchildren.

Chambers County News:
.....Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Beulah Benefield; five sons, Hansel, W. 
A., Cecil, Lovvorn, all of Lanett, and Hoyt Benefield, Wedowee; four daughters, 
Mrs. Alice Pollard, Wedowee; Mrs. G. R. Fuller, Mrs. Walter Kicinski, and Mrs. 
James Carter, all of Lanett; four brothers, Rowell, Cullman, Ala.; William, 
Atlanta; James, Abernathy, Texas; and Lawson Benefield, Wedowee; one sister, 
Mrs. Rhodie Thompson, Texas; and a half-sister, Mrs. Claude Benefield, near 
Roanoke.....

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