Dougherty-Lee-Macon County GaArchives Obituaries.....Benford, James E.  (Elvin) October 16, 2002
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The Albany Herald - Obituaries
James E. Benford

ALBANY — The funeral service of James E. (Elvin) Benford, 88, of Gable Road, 
Leesburg, who died Thursday, October 17, 2002, will be conducted today at 11 
a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. James Ramsey will officiate. Interment will 
follow in Floral Memory Gardens.

A native of Macon County, GA, Mr. Benford had lived in the Albany area for the 
past 38 years, moving from DeLand, FL. Mr. Benford was a WW II Army veteran. A 
member of First Baptist Church of Albany, American Legion Post #30, VFW Post 
#2785, Senior Friends at Palmyra Medical Centers and Golden Key at Phoebe 
Putney Memorial Hospital.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Benford of Leesburg; three sons and their 
wives, Bo and Caroline Benford of Albany and Bo Bo and Lisa Lewis of 
Jacksonville, FL, Nick and Marsha Lewis of Allen, Texas; two daughters, Connie 
Laymon and her husband, Marty of Palatka, FL, and Sylvia Lewis Knight of 
Leesburg, GA; a brother, Herbert F. Benford and wife, Marcia of Sylvester, GA; 
two sisters, Jewel Arrington of Cobb, GA, and Ruby Bullard Gagnor of Naples, 
FL; several grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

Those desiring may make memorials to First Baptist Church of Albany, 400 Pine 
Avenue, Albany, GA 31701 or Albany Community Hospice, P.O. Box 1828, Albany, GA 
31702.

Mathews Funeral Home 

Albany 229/435-5657 





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