Avery-Burke County NcArchives Obituaries.....Benfield, Ethel Mae March 17, 1996 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Parker cparker15@woh.rr.com January 1, 2012, 11:16 pm Mitchell News-Journal, 27 March 1996 ETHEL MAE BENFIELD Newland - Ethel Mae Benfield, age 80, of Morganton, formerly of the Pyatte community of Avery County, died Sunday, March 17, 1996, in Grace Hospital, Morganton. A native of Avery County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Zillia Calloway Benfield and was retired from Tar Heel Mica Co. She was a member of Big Meadows Baptist Church and had recently been attending Morganton First Church of God. Survivors include a daughter Jean Starkey of Morganton; sons, Cecil and Jimmy Benfield of Morganton; sister Jody Barrier of Morganton; seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Services were held March 19, at Big Meadows Baptist Church with the Revs. Don Smith and Harry Lee Turbyfill officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/avery/obits/b/benfield1546nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb