obit: John S. Benson
John S. Benson
FULTON - John S. Benson died Thursday, May 20, 2010. He was born Oct. 5, 1939, in Itawamba County to Cecil and Sybil Loden Benson. He was employed by Itawamba County Roads District 4 for several years. He was a member of East Fulton Baptist Church and an avid outdoorsman.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Senter Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Gary Smith, Bro. Grover Laird and Mike Deaton will officiate. Burial will be in New Home Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Hazel Webb Benson; two daughters, Vicki Benson of Richmond, Va., and Sonya Johnson (Mark) of Mantachie; her twin sisters, Betty Cruse of Cedar Hill, Texas; two sisters-in-law, Betty Barron (Rickie) of Verona and Loraine Lansdell of Blue Mountain.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Marcus Wayne Benson.
Pallbearers will be Rickie Barron, Chad Weatherford, Greg Weatherford, Burton Harris, Grady Senter, Oma Davis, Charles Adams and J.D. Wilson.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to service time Sunday.