Obituary of Annie Blanche Benefield

Funeral Services for Annie Blanche Benefield, age 78, of Wedowee, AL, will be held Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. from Woodland Church of God with Sis. Carolyn Hanner, Rev. Jody Overton, and Rev. Keith Benefield officiating. Burial will follow in Potash Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Benefield Funeral Home Monday, July 1st from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Mrs. Benefield will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to services beginning at 1:00 p.m. Mrs. Benefield died June 30, 2013, at Lineville Health and Rehabilitation. Survivors include her husband, Ray Benefield of Wedowee; two daughters, Freda Benefield King of Wedowee and Laila Benefield of Wedowee; two sons, Randy Benefield of Centralhatchee and Layden Benefield of Wedowee; one sister, Betty Fox of Columbus, GA; six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Jamie Benefield, Gene Benefield, Nathan Sikes, Clark Benefield, Robert Benefield, and Justin Benefield. Phillip Fox and John A. King will serve as honorary pallbearers. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Benefield was born October 11, 1934, daughter of William and Minnie Wood Holloway. She was a self-employed homemaker. Mrs. Benefield was a member of Woodland Church of God. Mrs. Benefield was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter, Rebecca Grant; one sister, Myrtie Hinkle; and two brothers, Walter Holloway and Erwin Holloway.