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William Lyde BENSON

Marianna Memorial Park (Marianna) Cemetery
Lee County,
Arkansas

William Lyde
Feb 17, 1922 - Jan 6, 2009
Muriel Dean
Mar 27, 1925 - Sept 9, 2010
Married June 21, 1942

Muriel Dean Benson of Marianna passed away on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at Ozark Medical Center in West Plains, Missouri at the age of 85.
She was born on March 27, 1925 in Westor, Arkansas to the late Harvey Wilman Wilson and Zola Mae Eastridge Wilson.
On June 21, 1942, she married William Lyde Benson in Forrest City, Arkansas. Muriel was a homemaker and mother to their children.
She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Marianna, where they lived for many years.
Loved ones surviving her are sons William M. Benson of Marianna; Jimmy Benson and wife Sandra, of Marianna; and Randy Layne Benson and wife Sheryl of Marion, AR; daughters Lyda Ann Jackson and husband Travis of Forrest City, AR; and Lori Suzanne Smith and husband Myles of West Plains, MO; sister Wanda Catlett of Rogers, AR; thirteen grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and numerous friends.
Muriel was preceded in death by her husband, William Lyde Benson; brothers Harvey Wilson, Jr., Paul David Wilson, and Bobby Wilson, all of Marianna; and sisters Margaret Buzzan of Kansas City, MO; and Jo Ann Nichols of Leland, MS.
Services will be held at Roller-Citizens Chapel in Marianna on Sunday, September 12 at 2:00 p.m. Burial will follow at Marianna Memorial Park.
Donations may be made in Muriel's memory to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital at 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1942; or First Assembly of God Church at 149 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, Marianna, AR 72360.

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Contributed on 10/12/17 by hawkinsdonna48
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Submitted: 10/12/17 • Approved: 10/12/17 • Last Updated: 10/15/17 • R1198793-G1198793-S3

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