Washington County ArArchives Obituaries.....Benson, William Hamilton October 6, 1937 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ruth Parker rprkr@aol.com September 29, 2013, 8:46 pm Northwest Arkansas Times, Thursday, Oct. 7, 1937 Fayetteville, Arkansas--William Hamilton Benson of Goshen passed away at his home Wednesday morning, October 6, 1937 after a long illness. He was born March 11, 1858 in Rhea County, Tennessee, the son of Isaac and Rebecca (McDonald) Benson. He leaves surviving him his wife, Mrs. Julia E. (Kelly) Benson and nine sons and daughters: George Benson, Mrs. Lola Sawyer, Mrs. Freeman Boatright, Mrs. Roy Glaze, Clyde Benson, Mrs. Randall Harbison, Lynn Benson, Bill Benson and Wood Benson; and eight grandchildren, June Sawyer, Gene Glaze, Bud Glaze, Grace Glaze, Kathleen Glaze, Betty Jo Glaze, Ruth Boatright and Beth Boatright. Funeral services were conducted at the home near Goshen, at 5 p.m. Wednesday, by Rev. Fred Logue, Clay Clark being in charge of arrangements. Burial was in the Goshen Cemetery. Mr. Benson was 78 years of age at the time of his death and had spent most of his life in Washington county, and almost 50 years on the farm where he died. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/washington/obits/b/benson187gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/arfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb