RYO GILLIAM BENTON, Abstract of Obituary, Oct 1983, Madison Co, GA 

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Comer News, Madison Co, GA, 27 Oct 1983
(Taken from the Concord (NC) Tribune, Sunday, Oct 16, 1983)

Name:  Ryo Gilliam Benton
Address:  1010 Ridge Ave., Concord, NC
Age:  73
Died:   Saturday, October 1983, Orangeburg County, SC
Born:  16 May 1908, Madison County, GA
Parents:  John and Frances Collins Benton
Married:  Mary Graham Benton
Occupation:  Retired from work in the Weave Room of Cannon Mills Plant I
Funeral:  Monday, 4 pm, Unity Baptist Church
Officiating:  Rev. Larry Beaver and Rev. Craig Hughes
Burial:  Carolina Memorial Park
Survivors:  wife, Mary Graham Benton; four daughers, Mrs. Darrell 
Hampton, Concord, Mrs. Richard Barnhart, Mrs. Howard Hagger and Jaynell
Rimer, Kannapolis; six sons, John B. Benton, Greenwood, SC, Roy
R. Benton, Greenville, SC, Marelle Benton, Kannapolis, Rudolph Benton,
Pageland, SC, Marvin Benton, Panama City, FL, and Charles Benton, Gold
Hill; two sisters, Mrs. Manata Crowe and Mrs. Mary Kiser, Kannapolis;
31 grandchildren; and 43 great-grandchildren.