James Virgil Bender, age 87 and a lifelong resident of Pollocksville, died Saturday, March 14, 2009, after a lengthy illness, surrounded by his loving family.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Penelope (Penny) Morton Bender; his children, James V. (Jay) Bender Jr. and wife. Sheron, Mark Robert Bender and wife, Kay, and Janet Bender Purvis and husband, Blair; and six grandchildren, Bryan Bender, Rebecca Bender, Lauren Bender Meadows and
husband, Chad, James Purvis, Robert Bender, and John Bender.
He was predeceased by his parents, Robert Philemon Bender and Mary Edwards Bender, and by his brother, Robert P. Bender Jr.
He attended Pollocksville schools, Presbyterian Junior College in Maxton, N.C., and Mars Hill College.
A World War II veteran, he served for 30 months in the Aleutian Islands campaign. Following his discharge from the Army, he began a small wholesale candy and tobacco distribution business which developed into Bender Candy Company, Inc., serving customers in seven eastern North
Carolina counties. After his retirement in 1985, he and his wife enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and abroad.
Virgil was an outstanding dancer and a lover of the outdoors, where his passions included duck hunting and net fishing on Bogue Sound. His family and friends will remember his gift of comic mimicry and the funny stories that he shared of his boyhood and the people and places he encountered during his years in sales.
He was a charter member of the Pollocksville Rotary Club, founded in 1948, and was a Paul Harris Fellow. The North Carolina Wholesalers Association recognized Virgil with its Distinguished Service Award in 1986 for his 35 years of membership and service in that trade organization. He was a lifelong member of the Pollocksville Presbyterian Church, where he served as a deacon and as superintendent of Sunday school.
There will be a private burial at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at the Pollocksville Cemetery. The memorial service will be conducted at Pollocksville Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2009, with the Rev. Dr. Eric M. Faust officiating.
The family expresses sincere thanks and appreciation to Virgil's caregivers from Seniors Choosing to Live at Home.
(Obit published in the New Bern, NC "Sun Journal" on 3/16/2009.)
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Penelope (Penny) Morton Bender; his children, James V. (Jay) Bender Jr. and wife. Sheron, Mark Robert Bender and wife, Kay, and Janet Bender Purvis and husband, Blair; and six grandchildren, Bryan Bender, Rebecca Bender, Lauren Bender Meadows and
husband, Chad, James Purvis, Robert Bender, and John Bender.
He was predeceased by his parents, Robert Philemon Bender and Mary Edwards Bender, and by his brother, Robert P. Bender Jr.
He attended Pollocksville schools, Presbyterian Junior College in Maxton, N.C., and Mars Hill College.
A World War II veteran, he served for 30 months in the Aleutian Islands campaign. Following his discharge from the Army, he began a small wholesale candy and tobacco distribution business which developed into Bender Candy Company, Inc., serving customers in seven eastern North
Carolina counties. After his retirement in 1985, he and his wife enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and abroad.
Virgil was an outstanding dancer and a lover of the outdoors, where his passions included duck hunting and net fishing on Bogue Sound. His family and friends will remember his gift of comic mimicry and the funny stories that he shared of his boyhood and the people and places he encountered during his years in sales.
He was a charter member of the Pollocksville Rotary Club, founded in 1948, and was a Paul Harris Fellow. The North Carolina Wholesalers Association recognized Virgil with its Distinguished Service Award in 1986 for his 35 years of membership and service in that trade organization. He was a lifelong member of the Pollocksville Presbyterian Church, where he served as a deacon and as superintendent of Sunday school.
There will be a private burial at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at the Pollocksville Cemetery. The memorial service will be conducted at Pollocksville Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2009, with the Rev. Dr. Eric M. Faust officiating.
The family expresses sincere thanks and appreciation to Virgil's caregivers from Seniors Choosing to Live at Home.
(Obit published in the New Bern, NC "Sun Journal" on 3/16/2009.)
James Virgil Bender, age 87 and a lifelong resident of Pollocksville, died Saturday, March 14, 2009, after a lengthy illness, surrounded by his loving family.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Penelope (Penny) Morton Bender; his children, James V. (Jay) Bender Jr. and wife. Sheron, Mark Robert Bender and wife, Kay, and Janet Bender Purvis and husband, Blair; and six grandchildren, Bryan Bender, Rebecca Bender, Lauren Bender Meadows and
husband, Chad, James Purvis, Robert Bender, and John Bender.
He was predeceased by his parents, Robert Philemon Bender and Mary Edwards Bender, and by his brother, Robert P. Bender Jr.
He attended Pollocksville schools, Presbyterian Junior College in Maxton, N.C., and Mars Hill College.
A World War II veteran, he served for 30 months in the Aleutian Islands campaign. Following his discharge from the Army, he began a small wholesale candy and tobacco distribution business which developed into Bender Candy Company, Inc., serving customers in seven eastern North
Carolina counties. After his retirement in 1985, he and his wife enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and abroad.
Virgil was an outstanding dancer and a lover of the outdoors, where his passions included duck hunting and net fishing on Bogue Sound. His family and friends will remember his gift of comic mimicry and the funny stories that he shared of his boyhood and the people and places he encountered during his years in sales.
He was a charter member of the Pollocksville Rotary Club, founded in 1948, and was a Paul Harris Fellow. The North Carolina Wholesalers Association recognized Virgil with its Distinguished Service Award in 1986 for his 35 years of membership and service in that trade organization. He was a lifelong member of the Pollocksville Presbyterian Church, where he served as a deacon and as superintendent of Sunday school.
There will be a private burial at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at the Pollocksville Cemetery. The memorial service will be conducted at Pollocksville Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2009, with the Rev. Dr. Eric M. Faust officiating.
The family expresses sincere thanks and appreciation to Virgil's caregivers from Seniors Choosing to Live at Home.
(Obit published in the New Bern, NC "Sun Journal" on 3/16/2009.)
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Penelope (Penny) Morton Bender; his children, James V. (Jay) Bender Jr. and wife. Sheron, Mark Robert Bender and wife, Kay, and Janet Bender Purvis and husband, Blair; and six grandchildren, Bryan Bender, Rebecca Bender, Lauren Bender Meadows and
husband, Chad, James Purvis, Robert Bender, and John Bender.
He was predeceased by his parents, Robert Philemon Bender and Mary Edwards Bender, and by his brother, Robert P. Bender Jr.
He attended Pollocksville schools, Presbyterian Junior College in Maxton, N.C., and Mars Hill College.
A World War II veteran, he served for 30 months in the Aleutian Islands campaign. Following his discharge from the Army, he began a small wholesale candy and tobacco distribution business which developed into Bender Candy Company, Inc., serving customers in seven eastern North
Carolina counties. After his retirement in 1985, he and his wife enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and abroad.
Virgil was an outstanding dancer and a lover of the outdoors, where his passions included duck hunting and net fishing on Bogue Sound. His family and friends will remember his gift of comic mimicry and the funny stories that he shared of his boyhood and the people and places he encountered during his years in sales.
He was a charter member of the Pollocksville Rotary Club, founded in 1948, and was a Paul Harris Fellow. The North Carolina Wholesalers Association recognized Virgil with its Distinguished Service Award in 1986 for his 35 years of membership and service in that trade organization. He was a lifelong member of the Pollocksville Presbyterian Church, where he served as a deacon and as superintendent of Sunday school.
There will be a private burial at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at the Pollocksville Cemetery. The memorial service will be conducted at Pollocksville Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2009, with the Rev. Dr. Eric M. Faust officiating.
The family expresses sincere thanks and appreciation to Virgil's caregivers from Seniors Choosing to Live at Home.
(Obit published in the New Bern, NC "Sun Journal" on 3/16/2009.)
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