Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameRosie Ethel GILREATH [9064], [9985], [9065], [9983], [9986]
BirthJan 12, 1913, Alexander County, North Carolina [9064], [9986]
DeathAug 13, 1998, Alamance County, North Carolina [9064]
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina [9064]
OccupationRetired From Fieldcrest Cannon In 1975/ Homemaker. [9064]
FatherRufus Alexander GILREATH (1879-1923)
MotherRoxanna Mae LOOPER (1879-1949)
Spouses
BirthFeb 13, 1910, Burke County, North Carolina [9982], [9984]
DeathApr 5, 1993, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina [9064], [9982], [9984]
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina [9982]
Obituary Online notes for Bransom Conley (Spouse 1)
BURLINGTON - Mr. Bransom C. ''Ben'' Benfield, 83, Burlington Industries
retiree, died April 5, 1993, at home.

Funeral is 2 p.m. Thursday at Rich & Thompson Funeral Home. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight.

Survivors are his wife, Ethel; sons, Edwin Benfield of Ellenboro, Eugene Benfield of Greensboro; daughters, Mrs. Louise Reisinger of Kannapolis, Mrs. Jeanette Barrett of York, S.C., Mrs. Doris Loftis; brother, Howard Benfield of Gastonia; sister, Mrs. Nell Johnson of Garden City, S.C.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Alamance-Caswell, 317 N. Graham- Hopedale Rd., Burlington, N.C. 27217; or to Shiloh Presbyterian Church, 2634 Alamance Rd., Burlington, N.C. 27215.

- April 7, 1993 |The (NC) Charlotte Observer
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