Advertisement

Rayford Austin Bench

Advertisement

Rayford Austin Bench

Birth
Hunt County, Texas, USA
Death
29 Dec 1975 (aged 73)
Whitewright, Grayson County, Texas, USA
Burial
Greenville, Hunt County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
Hunt County, Texas, Marriages, 1921-1945, grooms page 14:
groom: Bench, Rayford A.
bride: Turner, Myrtle
married: 12 Feb 1921
recorded: marriage volume U page 452
----------
Texas Death Index, 1964-1998
Name: Rayford A Bench
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Event Date: 29 Dec 1975
County: Grayson
Event Place: Grayson, Texas, United States
Citing this Record: "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVYQ-WMH : 5 December 2014), Rayford A Bench, Grayson, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
----------
United States Social Security Death Index
Name: R Bench
Given Name: R
Surname: Bench
Event Date: Dec 1975
Event Place: Hunt, Texas
Event Place (Original): Hunt, Texas
Age: 73
Birth Date: 14 May 1902
Citing this Record: "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYRM-MPL : 22 July 2020), R Bench, Dec 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
----------
Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976
Name: Rayford A Bench
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 29 Dec 1975
Event Place: Whitewright, Grayson, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 14 May 1902
Birthplace: Hunt, Texas
Father's Name: Jim Bench
Mother's Name: Etta Atherton
Certificate Number: 99500
GS Film number: 2243842
Digital Folder Number: 005145746
Image Number: 01031
Citing this Record: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K38L-BGC : accessed 22 March 2015), Rayford A Bench, 29 Dec 1975; citing certificate number 99500, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,243,842.
----------
Greenville (Texas) Herald Banner, Tue, 30 Dec 1975, page A2, Deaths, Bench

Services for Rayford A. Bench, 73, of 3806 Roberts, will be held 3:30 p.m. today, in Coker-Mathews-Peters Chapel, with Rev. Bob Layman and Rev. Richard Perry officiating. Mr. Bendh (sic) died 5 a.m. Monday in a Whitewright nursing home. Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery.

Mr. Bench was born May 14, 1902, in Hunt County, to Jim and Etta Atherton Bench. He was a retired guard and a member of the Westview United Methodist Church and a member of Oddfellows and Masonic lodges.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Rayford A. Bench, of Greenville; step-mother, Mrs. Jim Bench, of Wolfe City; three daughters, Mrs. Billy Summerlin, of Greenville, Mrs. Glenda McDonald, of Abernathy and Mrs. Peggy Gilbert, of Austin; one brother, Bill Bench, of Greenville; seven sisters, Mrs. Cecil Scott and Mrs. Troy Prince, both of Wolfe City; Mrs. Iris Griffis, of Mabank; Mrs. L.D. Griffin, and Mrs. Verda Gibbs, both of Garland; Mrs. Lewis Arey, of Arlington and Mrs. Jane Bibbons (sic), of Tyler; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Billy Joe Bramlett, Paul Mathews, Ray Kenneth Turner, Preston Turner, Joe Williams and Burl Satterwhite.
Hunt County, Texas, Marriages, 1921-1945, grooms page 14:
groom: Bench, Rayford A.
bride: Turner, Myrtle
married: 12 Feb 1921
recorded: marriage volume U page 452
----------
Texas Death Index, 1964-1998
Name: Rayford A Bench
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Event Date: 29 Dec 1975
County: Grayson
Event Place: Grayson, Texas, United States
Citing this Record: "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVYQ-WMH : 5 December 2014), Rayford A Bench, Grayson, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
----------
United States Social Security Death Index
Name: R Bench
Given Name: R
Surname: Bench
Event Date: Dec 1975
Event Place: Hunt, Texas
Event Place (Original): Hunt, Texas
Age: 73
Birth Date: 14 May 1902
Citing this Record: "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYRM-MPL : 22 July 2020), R Bench, Dec 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
----------
Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976
Name: Rayford A Bench
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 29 Dec 1975
Event Place: Whitewright, Grayson, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 14 May 1902
Birthplace: Hunt, Texas
Father's Name: Jim Bench
Mother's Name: Etta Atherton
Certificate Number: 99500
GS Film number: 2243842
Digital Folder Number: 005145746
Image Number: 01031
Citing this Record: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K38L-BGC : accessed 22 March 2015), Rayford A Bench, 29 Dec 1975; citing certificate number 99500, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,243,842.
----------
Greenville (Texas) Herald Banner, Tue, 30 Dec 1975, page A2, Deaths, Bench

Services for Rayford A. Bench, 73, of 3806 Roberts, will be held 3:30 p.m. today, in Coker-Mathews-Peters Chapel, with Rev. Bob Layman and Rev. Richard Perry officiating. Mr. Bendh (sic) died 5 a.m. Monday in a Whitewright nursing home. Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery.

Mr. Bench was born May 14, 1902, in Hunt County, to Jim and Etta Atherton Bench. He was a retired guard and a member of the Westview United Methodist Church and a member of Oddfellows and Masonic lodges.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Rayford A. Bench, of Greenville; step-mother, Mrs. Jim Bench, of Wolfe City; three daughters, Mrs. Billy Summerlin, of Greenville, Mrs. Glenda McDonald, of Abernathy and Mrs. Peggy Gilbert, of Austin; one brother, Bill Bench, of Greenville; seven sisters, Mrs. Cecil Scott and Mrs. Troy Prince, both of Wolfe City; Mrs. Iris Griffis, of Mabank; Mrs. L.D. Griffin, and Mrs. Verda Gibbs, both of Garland; Mrs. Lewis Arey, of Arlington and Mrs. Jane Bibbons (sic), of Tyler; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Billy Joe Bramlett, Paul Mathews, Ray Kenneth Turner, Preston Turner, Joe Williams and Burl Satterwhite.


Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement