Obit of Benson, James Collis  - Stephens County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips <okarchives@comcast.net>  10 Jul 2005
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Benson, James Collis

Funeral service for James Collis Benson, 31, of Grove, Oklahoma, will be 
at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 1, 2003, at the First Presbyterian 
Church of Norman, Oklahoma, with Terry Lucarelli, officiating, and Dr. 
John McGarey and Dr. Bill Guilford, assisting. He died Wednesday, January 
29, 2003, at an Oklahoma City hospital. Services are under the direction 
of Lawton Ritter Gray Funeral Home. James Collis Benson was born December 
25, 1971, in McAlester, Oklahoma, to Harry James and Victoria Collis 
Benson. He attended and graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a 
Bachelor of Arts in English 1994. Continuing his education, he attended 
the University of Oklahoma College of Law and received his Jurisdoctor in 
1997. Upon graduation from law school, Jim practiced law in Chickasha, 
Duncan, and Grove. He married Trisha Eilleene Wilbur in El Reno, Oklahoma, 
on July 14, 1995, and to this union were born two daughters: Gabrael 
Victoria Ashton Benson and Riley Lane Ashton Benson. Survivors include his 
wife, Trisha Eilleene Benson of Grove, Oklahoma; two daughters, Gabrael 
Victoria Ashton Benson and Riley Lane Ashton Benson both of Grove, 
Oklahoma; his mother, Victoria Collis Benson of Duncan, Oklahoma; his 
father, Harry James Benson of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; two brothers, 
Andrew Keith Benson of Duncan, Oklahoma, and John Martin Benson of 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; his grandmother, Essie Mae Benson of Norman, 
Oklahoma; and many loving family members and dear friends. He was preceded 
in death by his paternal grandfather, Dr. Keith Benson of Lawton, 
Oklahoma, and his maternal grandparents, John and Vera Collis of Hinsdale, 
Illinois. Memorial contributions may be made to the James Collis Benson 
Memorial Fund, in care of, Stillwater National Bank, 6301 Waterford Blvd., 
Oklahoma City, OK 73118 or John Benson, to 915 NW 38th, OKC, OK 73118.

Published in the Oklahoman on 2/1/2003.
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