Samuel Foster Benton Obituary, Greene County, AR

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              - married to his great-great-grandson
        Date: 28 April 2006
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Samuel Foster Benton 10 May 1934 Paragould Daily Press

Samuel Foster Benton Dies At the Home of His Son
   Samuel Foster Benton, aged 78, died at 10:30 last evening at the home of
his son, W.C. Benton of route four, following an illness due to paralysis
and pneumonia. He had been in failing health for eight years and bedfast
for the past nine days. He was a native of Virginia, but moved to Indiana
in 1876, and moved to Greene County in 1884. He was engaged in farming.
   Funeral services will be conducted at three o'clock this afternoon from
the New Friendship church and burial will be made in the New Friendship
cemetery. The Rev. R.C. Rogers, Baptist minister, will officiate.
   Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Sarah Benton; two daughters, Mrs. D.A.
Crafton of route six, and Mrs. Curt Roe of Arbyrd, Mo.; two sons, W.D.
Benton of route four, and Ed Benton of this city; 16 grandchildren, and
four great-grandchildren.