Morehouse County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....BENGE, JOHN VERNON JR.  November 28, 2025
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LEGACY - NOV 2025
JOHN VERNON JR. BENGE

Graveside services for Mr. John Vernon Benge, Jr. 90 of Monroe, LA will be held 
on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
at the Lynn Cemetery in Archibald under the direction of Cox Funeral Home in 
Bastrop, LA.
John was born in Greenville, MS on December 31,1934 and passed from this life on 
Friday, November 28, 2025, at the LeGrand Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center 
in Bastrop, LA.
John was a graduate of Greenville Mississippi High School and attended 
Mississippi Delta Jr. College where he played football and was inducted into 
it's Hall of Fame and played football and graduated from Mississippi State 
University where he was an All American and all SEC athlete.
In the 1970's he opened and operated Mastercrafters Cajun boat plant in 
Winnsboro for about ten years until he sold that company.
After that he drove for CTL out of Sterlington, LA until his retirement.
Never one to stay idle he enjoyed the outside mowing his grass and just keeping 
up his yard in general.
His favorite hobbies were woodworking and watching SEC football.
John was a member of Temple Baptist Church in Winnsboro, LA
He is preceded in death by his parents John Vernon Benge Sr. and Gladys Lawson 
Benge; his wife Doris C. Benge and a sister Beverly Barnes.
He is survived by a son, John V. Benge III and wife Robin of Blanchard, LA; a 
daughter Melissa Allen and husband Steve of Monroe, LA.
He is also survived by four grandchildren; Savannah Rowland and husband Matt and 
Kelsey McNeely all of Blanchard, LA and Tyler Allen of Sterlington, LA and 
Ainsley Allen of Monroe, LA and also by four great grandchildren, Mason, Presli 
and Cade Rowland and Miller McNeely.
John is also survived two siblings-Ellen Pyle and Barbara Wagner along with 
numerous nieces and nephews.

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