Avery County NcArchives Obituaries.....Benfield, Jeanette July 31, 2005 ************************************************ 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: Mitchell News Journal www.mitchellnews.com September 1, 2005, 9:54 pm Mitchell News-Journal NEWLAND - Jeanette Benfield, 74, of Little Plumtree Creek, died Sunday, July 31, 2005 in a Spruce Pine rest home. She was the daughter of the late Coleman Isaac and Lula Shook Burleson, and wife of Frank Benfield. She was also preceded in death by her step-mother, Bonnie Burleson Lutman. She was a member of Victory Baptist Church. Survivors include her daughters, Wanda Benfield of Newland, Wilma Ollis of Nashville, TN, and Eula Johnson of Crossnore; sons, Edward and David Benfield, both of Newland; sisters, Lucille Buchanan and Martha Benfield, both of Newland, Mary Johnson and Elzora Dale, both of Morganton; and Nora Lail and Barbara Young, both of Drexel; brothers, Demery Burleson of Granite Falls, C.L. Burleson of Spruce Pine, and Rev. Glen Burleson of Newland; seven grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Victory Baptist Church. Revs. James Beaver and Jacob Willis officiated. Burial was at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Big Meadows Cemetery. The family received friends from 6 p.m. until the service hour Tuesday at the church. Mitchell News-Journal 8/10/05 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/avery/obits/b/benfield23gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb