groom: Bench, Rayford A.
bride: Turner, Myrtle
married: 12 Feb 1921
recorded: marriage volume U page 452
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Texas Death Index, 1964-1998
Name: Myrtle T Bench
Gender: Female
Event Date: 10 Feb 1998
County: Hunt
Event Place: Hunt, Texas, United States
Citing this Record: "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JV5V-56P : 5 December 2014), Myrtle T Bench, Hunt, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
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United States Social Security Death Index
Name: Myrtle T Bench
Given Name: Myrtle
Surname: Bench
Event Date: 10 Feb 1998
Event Place: Hunt, Texas
Event Place (Original): Hunt, Texas
Age: 99
Birth Date: 20 Jul 1899
Citing this Record: "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5QV-MP6 : 22 July 2020), Myrtle Bench, 10 Feb 1998; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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Greenville (Texas) Herald Banner, Wed, 11 Feb 1998, page A2, Obituaries, Myrtle Bench
Myrtle T. Bench, 98, of Greenville died Tuesday at Pythian Nursing Home. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Thursday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel. Burial is in Forest Park Cemetery.
She was born in Hunt County on July 20, 1899, to Kyle Turner and Martha Fleenor Turner. She and Rayford A. Bench were married in Hunt County. She was a member of Westview United Methodist Church.
Surviving are three daughters, Billie Summerlin of Greenville, Peggy Gilbert of Emerald Bay at Tyler and Glenda McDonald of Abernathy; a sister Loreta Wiggins of Greenville; five grandchildren, Sue Shanks of Greenville, Gaynelle Iglehart of Dallas, Kathy Gibbs of Austin, Charles Gilbert of Houston and Dr. Gene McDonald of Pasadena, Calif.; six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband on Dec. 29, 1975; four brothers and one sister.
Pallbearers are Jerry Turner, Ray Turner, Larry Turner, Kenneth Turner, Charles Gilbert and Gene Heard.
Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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Greenville (Texas) Herald Banner, Thu, 12 Feb 1998, page A2, Obituaries, Services Planned
Myrtle T. Bench, 98, of Greenville, 2 p.m. today at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel. Burial in Forest Park Cemetery.
groom: Bench, Rayford A.
bride: Turner, Myrtle
married: 12 Feb 1921
recorded: marriage volume U page 452
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Texas Death Index, 1964-1998
Name: Myrtle T Bench
Gender: Female
Event Date: 10 Feb 1998
County: Hunt
Event Place: Hunt, Texas, United States
Citing this Record: "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JV5V-56P : 5 December 2014), Myrtle T Bench, Hunt, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
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United States Social Security Death Index
Name: Myrtle T Bench
Given Name: Myrtle
Surname: Bench
Event Date: 10 Feb 1998
Event Place: Hunt, Texas
Event Place (Original): Hunt, Texas
Age: 99
Birth Date: 20 Jul 1899
Citing this Record: "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5QV-MP6 : 22 July 2020), Myrtle Bench, 10 Feb 1998; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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Greenville (Texas) Herald Banner, Wed, 11 Feb 1998, page A2, Obituaries, Myrtle Bench
Myrtle T. Bench, 98, of Greenville died Tuesday at Pythian Nursing Home. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Thursday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel. Burial is in Forest Park Cemetery.
She was born in Hunt County on July 20, 1899, to Kyle Turner and Martha Fleenor Turner. She and Rayford A. Bench were married in Hunt County. She was a member of Westview United Methodist Church.
Surviving are three daughters, Billie Summerlin of Greenville, Peggy Gilbert of Emerald Bay at Tyler and Glenda McDonald of Abernathy; a sister Loreta Wiggins of Greenville; five grandchildren, Sue Shanks of Greenville, Gaynelle Iglehart of Dallas, Kathy Gibbs of Austin, Charles Gilbert of Houston and Dr. Gene McDonald of Pasadena, Calif.; six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband on Dec. 29, 1975; four brothers and one sister.
Pallbearers are Jerry Turner, Ray Turner, Larry Turner, Kenneth Turner, Charles Gilbert and Gene Heard.
Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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Greenville (Texas) Herald Banner, Thu, 12 Feb 1998, page A2, Obituaries, Services Planned
Myrtle T. Bench, 98, of Greenville, 2 p.m. today at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel. Burial in Forest Park Cemetery.
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