Coffee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mary E. Seymour Benson  September 9 1996
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The Ocilla Star Sept 25,1996



Mary E. Benson

  Mary Elizabeth Seymour Benson, age 86, of Reynold Griffin Road, Wray, 
died Monday,September 9, 1996 at St. Vincent's Medical Center in 
Jacksonville, FL following a
 brief illness.
  Mrs. Benson, a native of Coffee County, was born March 7, 1910, the 
daughter of the late Mark Martin and Celista Daniels Seymour. She was a  
homemaker and the widow of H. B. Benson. At tthe time of her death she 
was the oldest living  member of New Hope Baptist Church in Ambrose.:.
She is survived by one son,Vonne Benson of Forsyth; one
daughter: Audrey Guilford of Douglas; one sister: Ludell
Smith of Douglas; 4 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 17 at New 
Hope Baptist Church
near Ambrose with Rev. Robert McDearmid, Rev. John Anderson and Rev. Tom 
Anderson officiating.
,Music was provided by Susan Harper with Virginia Brantley at the organ. 
Interment followed in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Swilley Vickers, Lamar Harper Dahl
McDermit,Larry Paulk, C. B. McCauley and Glen Moorman.
Sims Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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