Benford, Alice (Rossville)

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Alice Benford, 69, of Rossville, Ga., died Sunday, February 19, 2012.  

She was a longtime resident of the Dewberry Community. She was retired from Hutcheson Medical Center.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. Ossie Buchanan, Sr. and Mrs. Lorene Buchanan; husband, Mr. Robert Lee Benford; and two brothers, Mr. Ossie (“Buster”) Buchanan, Jr. and Mr. Eugene Buchanan.

Survivors are her two sons, Mr. Jarvis Benford, of Rossville and Mr. Robert Benford, of Chattanooga; two daughters, Mrs. Florene (Philip) Buchanan and Ms. Eugenia Glover of Rossville; three grandchildren, Ms. Latrice McLin, Mrs. Falicia (Corey) Bauldwin and Ms. Erica Buchanan; three great-grandchildren, Haleigh and Caiden Bauldwin and Montez Stephens; two sisters, Mrs. Eula Mae Harris and Mrs. Deloris Harris, both of Rossville; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

Funeral Services will be Saturday, February 25, at 1 p.m. at New Salem Baptist Church 756 Dewberry Road, Rossville, with Elder Andre Sharpe and other ministers officiating. Interment will follow at Highland Memorial Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Friday, February 24 at the church from 6-7 p.m.

Arrangements are by Willis Funeral Home.


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