Benton W. "Bill" McGinnis
State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - December 8, 2006
Deceased Name: Benton W. McGinnis
JACKSONVILLE - Benton W. "Bill" McGinnis, 90, of Jacksonville died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006, at Passavant Area Hospital in Jacksonville.
He was born Jan. 31, 1916, in Wray, Colo., the son of Benton Wesley and Myrtle Frances McGinnis. He married Eve Cebulla in 1945; she preceded him in death. He married Josephine "Jo" Jackson in 1982.
Mr. McGinnis graduated from high school in 1933 in Hobbs, N.M. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from San Diego State College at California in 1971. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He graduated from Air Corps Armament School and Officer's Candidate School, and retired from the military in 1967, with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was a member of the Jacksonville Elks Lodge and Church of Our Saviour.
Services: 1 p.m. Saturday, Williamson Funeral Home, Jacksonville. Burial: Chandlerville Cemetery.