Ruth Benson – Obituary

by Lynn McMillen
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Ruth Benson, 86, of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, passed away Sunday, November 11, 2018, at ECM Hospital, Florence. A native of Franklin County, Mrs. Benson had lived in the area most of her life. A retired educator with Russellville City Schools, Mrs. Benson was a favorite among many of her students and is remembered for making science “come alive” in her middle school class. She was a member of Cox Boulevard Church of Christ.
Mrs. Benson is survived by her husband of 67 years: Billy Watson Benson; son, Ronald Wayne Benson and his wife Donna Millican Benson. Nieces, nephews, and friends also survive her.
Preceding her in death were her parents: Lonnie and Luvenia Hester DeVaney; daughter, Mary Beth Burkart and husband Jim; brothers: J.G. DeVaney, Dick DeVaney, and Jerald DeVaney; sisters: Amy Johns, Ruby Vance, and Judy Wells.
Graveside services for Mrs. Benson will be Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. at Franklin Memory Gardens, Russellville. Larry Kilpatrick will officiate. Pallbearers will be Danny Blacklidge, Joe Benson, Chris Phillips, Neil Willis, John Cleveland and Stanley Brook.
Special thanks from the family to the Palliative Care doctors and nurses at ECM for the care of our special loved one.
Pinkard Funeral Home, Russellville, is directing.

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