D.H. Benton, 65, Dies Suddenly
D.H. Benton, aged 65 years, while turning his cows out of the lot to go to the pasture, suffered a stroke of paralysis this (Saturday) morning at 6:30 o'clock. A physician was summoned but he was dead when he reached him. This was the third stroke. Mr. Benton is survived by his widow and eight children, Bun, Horace and Bill, Mrs. Eulerlene Purden, Mrs. Velma Davis and Mrs. Dorothy Ghent by the present wife, Mrs. Hettie Calhoun and Henry Benton by his first wife, also by six brothers, Jess of Searcy, Steve and Charley of Floyd, Jim of Romance, Wid of Rose Bud, Virgil of Texas, and one sister Mrs. Nannie Lewis of Oklahoma. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Foster's Chapel by Rev. J.M. Tallerington.
D.H. Benton, 65, Dies Suddenly
D.H. Benton, aged 65 years, while turning his cows out of the lot to go to the pasture, suffered a stroke of paralysis this (Saturday) morning at 6:30 o'clock. A physician was summoned but he was dead when he reached him. This was the third stroke. Mr. Benton is survived by his widow and eight children, Bun, Horace and Bill, Mrs. Eulerlene Purden, Mrs. Velma Davis and Mrs. Dorothy Ghent by the present wife, Mrs. Hettie Calhoun and Henry Benton by his first wife, also by six brothers, Jess of Searcy, Steve and Charley of Floyd, Jim of Romance, Wid of Rose Bud, Virgil of Texas, and one sister Mrs. Nannie Lewis of Oklahoma. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Foster's Chapel by Rev. J.M. Tallerington.
Family Members
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Melinda E "Linda" Benton Valentine
1860–1920
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John Steven "Steve" Benton
1863–1939
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James Washington "Jim" Benton
1864–1943
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William Matthias "Yank" Benton
1867–1929
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Willis Reason "Wid" Benton
1868–1952
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Jesse "Jess" Andrew "Jess" Benton
1870–1958
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Ellurd Leonard "E L" Benton
1875–1917
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Charles Wesley "Charley; Charlie" Benton
1878–1957
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Nannie Lee Benton Lewis
1879–1963
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Henry Virgil Benton
1883–1949
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Andrew Sidney "Sid" Benton
1894–1977
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Hettie Mae Benton Calhoun
1892–1969
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Henry David Benton
1894–1976
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Vernon Elmer "Bun" Benton
1902–1972
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Eulurlene Benton Purdin
1904–1958
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Horace W. "Rooster" Benton
1908–1985
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Forrest Woodrow Benton
1909–1969
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Lois L. Benton Whitehurst
1911–1935
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Velma Lee Benton Davis
1915–1994
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Dorothy Mae Benton Ghent
1918–1987
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