Frances Cox Benton

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LORIS | Graveside services for Frances Melba Cox Benton, 81, were held Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, in Antioch Cemetery in Loris with Brian Dinsmore officiating. Services were directed by Hardwick Funeral Home.

She passed away Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017, in her home in Loris.

Born May 28, 1936, in Loris, she was the daughter of the late Everette Guy Cox and the late Maggie Geneva Bellamy Cox.

Mrs. Benton was a loving homemaker and a longtime member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Loris but will be most remembered as a loving mother and sister.

Surviving are her son, Craig Benton and wife Mary of Wilson, N.C.; brother, Everette Earl Cox and wife Judy of Loris; two sisters, Claris Cox of Loris and Betty Arrant of Columbia, Miss.; and her beloved German Shepherd, “Rose”.

In addition to her parents Mrs. Benton was predeceased by her husband, Alphaeus Warren Benton; and two brothers, Jerry Lee Cox and Herbert B. Cox.

The family requests that memorials be made to the charity of oneÂ’s choice.

Please sign Mrs. Benton’s online guestbook at hardwickfuneral home.com