Suffolk City-Nansemond-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Benton, Al L., 1977 

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AL LEE BENTON 

  SUFFOLK - Al Lee Benton, 53, Suffolk Trailer Parker, died Wednesday in his 
home.

  He was a native of Suffolk and a Navy veteran of World War II.  He was 
employed as a brakeman for Norfolk and Western Railway for the past 23 years, 
and a member of Main Street United Methodist Church and its James L. McLemore 
Sunday school class.

  Survivors include two sons, John Earl Benton and Jimmie Lee Benton, both of 
Suffolk; three sisters, Mrs. Susie B. Riddick and Mrs. Lillian B. Byrd, both 
of Corapeake, N.C., and Mrs. Addie B. Daughtrey of Suffolk; four grandchildren 
and two step-grandchildren.

  A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. today in I.O. Hill and Co. Funeral Home by 
Dr. R.E. Brittle.

  Burial will be in the Benton family cemetery at Corapeake.

  The family will receive friends at the home of Mrs. Frances M. Benton, 753 
Carolina Road.


"Al" Alfred Lee BENTON, N&W R.R. brakeman, Navy veteran of WW-II, 
b. 24 Mar 1924, Suffolk, d. 7 Dec 1977, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in the BENTON family cemetery, Corapeake, Gates Co., NC, 9 Dec 1977, 
listed in Wakefield Cemetery*, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Dec. 9, 1977, p. 12 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 77-036641. 

*Listed with his ex-wife Frances Pauline (MUNFORD) BENTON in 
   Wakefield Cemetery, where her parents are also buried. 
   Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Her obit ("Daily Press," Jan. 8, 1995, p. 21) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b535f1ob.txt 

Find a Grave Mem. #21546177 lists Al in Wakefield. 

His sister Alice Va. (BENTON PINNER; Mrs. James B.) DAUGHTREY 
   is buried in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 
   Holly Lawn list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.txt 


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