Coffee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Benson, Sr., Dr. Richard Latimer March 2, 2010 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kimberly Jowers Evans http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008472 December 15, 2024, 6:55 pm Copy and pasted from Sims Funeral Home Richard Benson July 30, 1925 - March 2, 2010 Richard Benson Obituary Dr. Richard Latimer Benson, Sr., age 84, of Athens GA passed away on Tuesday, March 02, 2010, at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas GA, Dr. Benson, native of Marietta Georgia was born July 30, 1925.; he is the son of the late Hugh Lee & Etta Mae Elliott Benson & he is the widower of the late Amy Laverne Murphy Benson. He was a WWII Veteran of the US Army Air Corps. He practiced medicine in Broxton GA & Coffee Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM, Saturday, March 06, 2010 at the Broxton Baptist Church in Broxton GA with Burial following in the Evergreen Memorial Park near Athens GA. The family will receive friends at Sims Funeral Home on Friday; calling hours are 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the GA Park Service. Survivors include: Son, Richard Latimer Benson, Jr., Plant City FL & Daughter, T. Cat Ford, New York NY, Sister, Marjorie Herndon, Athens GA. Sims Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb