Born in Sumter, Ms. Benenhaley was a daughter of the late Henry and Mary Frances Ray Benenhaley. She attended schools in Sumter County and Toccoa Falls, Georgia. Upon graduation from high school, she attended Toccoa Falls Bible College and focused her studies in Bible, speech, and child study. Upon graduation from Toccoa Falls Bible College, she served children at Connie Maxwell Children's Home in Greenwood for 27 years. While at Connie Maxwell Children's Home, she was a member of Connie Maxwell Baptist Church and was faithful in many activities of the church, where she taught a Sunday school class of 12-year-old girls for 15 years. She was also a leader of Girls Auxiliary for several years, and she served as prayer chairman for Women's Missionary Alliance. She retired from Connie Maxwell Children's Home in 1980 and returned to her home in Dalzell, where she again served her Lord faithfully in her home church, Long Branch Baptist Church. Ms. Benenhaley's life was dedicated to her Lord and Savior, and she was a tender and compassionate Christian throughout her life. Her focus was always to share Jesus Christ and to tell of his love and saving grace to everyone.
She was predeceased by her sisters, Gladys Ray, Louise Benenhaley, Estelle Benenhaley, Henrietta Benenhaley, Peggy Hood, Theo Carpenter and Connie Buckner; and two brothers, Raymond Benenhaley and Ernest Benenhaley.
Born in Sumter, Ms. Benenhaley was a daughter of the late Henry and Mary Frances Ray Benenhaley. She attended schools in Sumter County and Toccoa Falls, Georgia. Upon graduation from high school, she attended Toccoa Falls Bible College and focused her studies in Bible, speech, and child study. Upon graduation from Toccoa Falls Bible College, she served children at Connie Maxwell Children's Home in Greenwood for 27 years. While at Connie Maxwell Children's Home, she was a member of Connie Maxwell Baptist Church and was faithful in many activities of the church, where she taught a Sunday school class of 12-year-old girls for 15 years. She was also a leader of Girls Auxiliary for several years, and she served as prayer chairman for Women's Missionary Alliance. She retired from Connie Maxwell Children's Home in 1980 and returned to her home in Dalzell, where she again served her Lord faithfully in her home church, Long Branch Baptist Church. Ms. Benenhaley's life was dedicated to her Lord and Savior, and she was a tender and compassionate Christian throughout her life. Her focus was always to share Jesus Christ and to tell of his love and saving grace to everyone.
She was predeceased by her sisters, Gladys Ray, Louise Benenhaley, Estelle Benenhaley, Henrietta Benenhaley, Peggy Hood, Theo Carpenter and Connie Buckner; and two brothers, Raymond Benenhaley and Ernest Benenhaley.
Family Members
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Gladis Benenhaley
1905 – unknown
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Gladys Benenhaley Ray
1909–1987
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Letha May Benenhaley
1911–1912
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Raymond Benenhaley Sr
1912–2005
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Janie Louise Benenhaley
1914–1993
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Mary Estelle Benenhaley
1916–2001
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Peggy Benenhaley Hood
1920–2010
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Ernest Riant Benenhaley
1923–2006
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Gussie Benenhaley
1923–1935
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Henrietta "Hennie" Benenhaley Benenhaley
1925–2009
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