Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Benton, Frances P. Munford, 1995 

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FRANCES PAULINE MUNFORD BENTON 

  Mrs. Frances Munford Benton, 73, a resident of Carolina Road in Suffolk, 
died on Jan. 6, 1995, at Louise Obici Memorial Hospital in Suffolk.

  Mrs. Benton was a native of Surry County and the daughter of the late 
John Irvin and Ettie Grant Munford.  She was a member of Main Street United 
Methodist Church, Suffolk, and a member of the Women’s Fellowship at the 
church.  She retired from Union Camp.

  She is survived by two sons, John Earl Benton and Jimmy Lee Benton, both 
of Suffolk, two sisters, Evelyn M. Martin, of Virginia Beach, and Cora M. 
Luter, of Ivor; four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

  Funeral services will be held at Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, on 
Monday, Jan. 9, 1995 at 2 p.m. by Rev. Alan Fellumlee and Rev. Larry 
Burkhart.  Burial will be in the Wakefield Cemetery.

  The family will receive friends at the funeral home this evening from 6 
to 7:30 p.m.  Memorial donations may be made to the Suffolk Rescue Squad 
or the United Lung Association.

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FRANCES PAULINE MUNFORD BENTON

  SUFFOLK - Mrs. Frances Munford Benton, 73, died Jan. 6, 1995 at Louise Obici 
Hospital.

  She was a native of Surry County, [and retired from??] Camp Corporation. 
She was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church and was a member of 
the Woman’s Fellowship.

  Survivors include two sons, John E. Benton and Jimmie Lee Benton, both of 
Suffolk; two sisters, Evelyn M. Martin of Virginia Beach and Cora M. Luter of 
Ivor; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

  A funeral was conducted Jan. 9 in the chapel of the funeral home by the 
Revs. Alan Fellumlee and Larry Burkhart.  Burial was in the Wakefield Cemetery.

  Memorial donations may be made to the Suffolk Rescue Squad or to the United 
Lung Association.

  Purviance Funeral Home handled the arrangements.


Frances Pauline "Billy" (MUNFORD; Mrs. Al Lee) BENTON, 
b. 19 Sep 1921, Surry* Co., d. 6 Jan 1995, Suffolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 9 Jan 1995, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Jan. 8, 1995, p. 21; 
Purviance Funeral Home obit 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Find a Grave Mem. #21546271 

Her parents, John Irvin Jr. & Etta Marinda (GRANT) MUNFORD, & paternal 
   grandparents, John I. Sr. & Angeline (LIVESAY) MUNFORD, are also buried 
   there. 

Frances & Al m. 31 Jan 1941, in Suffolk, & div. 1977.  Div.Cert. 77-000530 
   gives b. Sussex Co. 

Find a Grave Mem. #21546177 lists Al in Wakefield, but D.Cert. 77-036641 
   gives bu. BENTON family cemetery, Corapeake, NC. 

His obit ("Daily Press," Dec. 9, 1977, p. 12) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/b535a1ob.txt 


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