Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Benton, George E., 1968 

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GEORGE EMMETT BENTON 

   FRANKLIN - A funeral service for George Emmett Benton was conducted Sunday 
at 4 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Robert D. Fridley 
of High Street United Methodist Church and Dr. Ira D. Hudgins of Franklin 
Baptist Church.  Burial was in Southampton Memorial Park.

   Pallbearers were Clifton Barnes, Harvey Cutchins, Charles Beaton, Jesse 
McClenny, T.C. Holland Jr., and G.E. Pillow.

   Benton, 83, died Friday morning in Southampton Memorial Hospital.

   A native of Nansemond County, he was a son of Richard Eugene and Mrs. 
Elizabeth Holland Benton and the husband of Mrs. Irene Daughtrey Benton.

   He was a member of High Street Methodist Church and a retired dairyman.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by three sons, Garland Benton and Edward 
Benton of Richmond and William Benton of Newark, Del., a daughter, Mrs. 
Elizabeth Zoellna of Bethel, Ohio; a brother, J.C. Benton of Gates, N.C. and 
five grandchildren.


George Emmett BENTON, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 23 Aug 1968, Franklin, age 83, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Christus I, Plot 70*), 25 Aug 1968, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 29, 1968, p. 8 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Southampton Memorial Park list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 


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