TITLE:  Robert Henry Benson

SOURCE:  The News and Reporter

SUBMITTED BY: The News and Reporter

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Oct 2002

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Mr. Robert Henry Benson, 70
BLACKSTOCK — The funeral for Mr. Robert Henry Benson of 6792 Old 
Douglas Road, Blackstock, was conducted at 4 p.m. Saturday at Barron 
Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Dale Roddey officiating. Burial with 
Masonic rites followed at Chester Memorial Gardens. Mr. Benson, 70, 
died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002, at Dorn V.A. Medical Center in Columbia.
Born in Chester on Feb. 15, 1932, he was a son of the late Leonard 
James Benson and Louise Bishop Benson. A graduate of Chester High 
School, he was a retired self-employed electrician. He attended Leeds 
Baptist Church. Mr. Benson was a decorated U.S. Army veteran of the 
Korean War, who was the recipient of the United Nations Service Medal,
the Korean Service Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge and the Bronze 
Star. He was a member of the 5th RCT Infantry, Blackstock Masonic 
Lodge No. 180 and was a past member of Coleman Masonic Lodge No. 97 
and Sandy River Masonic Lodge No. 207. Survivors include his wife, 
Eleanor Hopper Benson; three sons, Chester County Sheriff Robert H. 
Benson of Blackstock and Richard H. Benson and James A. Leonard, both 
of Chester; a daughter, Joyce B. Wilson of Chester; a brother, Dan 
Benson, formerly of Chester; a sister, Georgie Gaines of Columbus, 
Ga.; a stepdaughter, Jeannie B. O’Connor of Lexington; and six 
grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Leeds Baptist Church, 3231 
Leeds Road, Carlisle, S.C. 29031. Barron Funeral Home was in charge of 
arrangements. (Published Oct 16, 2002)
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