She was born December 31, 1919, at Rockbridge County, a daughter of John William Rice Sensabaugh and Bertha Ludwig Sensabaugh.
She had been a member of First Baptist Church since 1955 and was a hairdresser for many years.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Chief Clarence H. Benson, who died July 26, 1996; a son, Clarence W. Benson who died December 3, 1999; a grandson, Tony Campbell; two brothers, Charles and Luther Sensabaugh; and three sisters, Mattie Sensabaugh, Dora Bartley and Maude Hoffman.
Survivors include three daughters and two sons-in-law, Margaret Campbell and her husband, Snap, Bobbie Dameron and her husband, Ric, and Lois Benson, all of Waynesboro; a daughter-in-law, Virginia Benson of Lexington; two sisters, Mildred Davis of Rockbridge Baths and Lillie Heslip of Fairfield; 13 grandchildren, Rick Benson, Lori Speidel, Jan Brenneman, Randy Benson, Gina Yoder, Terri Vailes, Daniel Horne, Matthew and Ethan Dameron, Kenny Donald, Melissa Wetzel and Michael and Kevin Donald; 22 great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews, including a special niece, Bertha Bryant.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at McDow Funeral Home, with the Rev. William Wilson officiating. Burial will be at Augusta Memorial Park.
The News Leader, Staunton, VA-date of paper: March 7, 2002
She was born December 31, 1919, at Rockbridge County, a daughter of John William Rice Sensabaugh and Bertha Ludwig Sensabaugh.
She had been a member of First Baptist Church since 1955 and was a hairdresser for many years.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Chief Clarence H. Benson, who died July 26, 1996; a son, Clarence W. Benson who died December 3, 1999; a grandson, Tony Campbell; two brothers, Charles and Luther Sensabaugh; and three sisters, Mattie Sensabaugh, Dora Bartley and Maude Hoffman.
Survivors include three daughters and two sons-in-law, Margaret Campbell and her husband, Snap, Bobbie Dameron and her husband, Ric, and Lois Benson, all of Waynesboro; a daughter-in-law, Virginia Benson of Lexington; two sisters, Mildred Davis of Rockbridge Baths and Lillie Heslip of Fairfield; 13 grandchildren, Rick Benson, Lori Speidel, Jan Brenneman, Randy Benson, Gina Yoder, Terri Vailes, Daniel Horne, Matthew and Ethan Dameron, Kenny Donald, Melissa Wetzel and Michael and Kevin Donald; 22 great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews, including a special niece, Bertha Bryant.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at McDow Funeral Home, with the Rev. William Wilson officiating. Burial will be at Augusta Memorial Park.
The News Leader, Staunton, VA-date of paper: March 7, 2002
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Maude C Sensabaugh Huffman
1897–1979
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Willie A. Sensabaugh
1903–1913
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John Luther Sensabaugh
1905–1960
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REV Mattie Craig Sensabaugh
1908–1984
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Mabel Sensabaugh
1908–1908
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Charles Preston Sensabaugh
1909–2001
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Mary Mildred Sensabaugh Davis
1913–2006
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Dora Virginia Sensabaugh Bartley
1915–1993
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Lillie S. Sensabaugh Heslep
1916–2002
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