TITLE:  Louis Lester Benton

SOURCE: The Beaufort Gazette, July 30, 2001

SUBMITTED BY: The Beaufort Gazette

FORMATTED BY: Kim Grissom, July 2001

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Louis Lester Benton
Louis Lester Benton, 93, of Hardeeville, died Friday, July 27, 2001, 
at his residence. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Sauls Funeral 
Home, Ridgeland, with burial in Indian Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, 
Bluffton. Mr. Benton was born March 1, 1908, in Colleton County, a son 
of William Silvester and Hattie Benton. He was a carpenter for 
Lloyd-Graves. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Surviving
are his wife, Bertha Benton of Hardeeville; two sons, John David Benton
of Hilton Head Island and Albert Eugene Benton of Hardeeville; three 
daughters, Evelyn Benton Crum of Pooler, Ga., Sarah M. Woods of 
Hardeeville and Rebecca L. Swann of Beaufort; a sister, Mary Tuten of 
Savannah; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. 
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