Willie Lois (Bishop) Benton (1919 - 1981)

Born 25 Nov 1919 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Hugh Ree Benton — married 10 Aug 1941 in Mendenhall, Simpson, Mississippi, United States

Died 25 Apr 1981 at age 61 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States

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Willie Lois (Bishop) Benton is buried in Magee Cemetery.

Biography

Willie Lois Bishop was born on Nov 25, 1919 in Mississippi, USA as the fifth child of Joseph Leonard Bishop and Sarah Ann Harris.

She had ten siblings, namely: Stillborn Sister, Ruby Marie, Lee Boyd, Tilman Troy, Mildred Jewell, Thelma, Bonnie Rose, Henry Joseph, Billy Frank Sr, and Jo Ann.

She died on Apr 25, 1981 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (St. Dominics Hospital; Age at Death: 61). ^[1]

When she was 21, she married Hugh Ree Benton, son of William Joseph Benton and Daisy Bell Parrett, on Aug 10, 1941 in Mendenhall, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Baptist Pastorium). ^{[2] [3]}

Willie Lois Bishop lived in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1920. ^[4]

She lived in Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 10; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). ^[5]

She lived in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940. Race: (White) ^[6]

She was buried in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Magee Cemetery). ^[7]

Hugh Ree Benton and Willie Lois Bishop had the following children: ^[8]

1. Gary Ann Benton was born on <private>. She married Gary Holderfield about Oct 1963 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (Broadmoor Baptist church). ^[9]
2. Charles Hugh Benton was born on <private>. He married Dora Gail Pace on Aug 10, 1968 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (home of his sister, Mrs. Gary Holderfield). ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary for Willie Lois Bishop Benton
2. ↑ Marriage of Bishop / Benton
3. ↑ "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4VN-W9PZ : 4 October 2020), Mr Hugh R Benton, 10 Aug 1941; citing Marriage, Simpson, Mississippi, United States, 00520, citing multiple county clerks; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTX-R1L : 14 December 2015), Joeseph Bishop, Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 10A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,893.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MZ-YF4 : 8 December 2015), Willie Lois Bishop in entry for J L Bishop, 1930.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB33-7J6 : 17 May 2014), Winnie Louis Bishop in household of Joe L Bishop, Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64-7A, sheet 18B, family 297, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2064.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #67658972
8. ↑ Charles Bishop Family Research PDF file in Myrtis Bishop Collection
9. ↑ Marriage of Benton / Holderfield
10. ↑ Marriage of Pace / Benton

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JL84-BZ9 : 20 May 2014), Willie Benton, Apr 1981; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).