She was preceded in death by her son, Otis Odell Benford; both parents; one sister, Ernestine Headspeft; one brother, Tommie Benford.
In 1996, Margaret Louise Peterson became a member of the Olivet Baptist Church.
Mrs. Peterson departed this life on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.
She leaves to mourn her passing five children, Dinner Benford-Mcgee, John Benford, Charleen Benford, Latrice Benford, and Charice Benford; one sister, Jamesetta Jackson (Roy L.); four brothers, Robert Benford, Richard Sheffield (Bonnie), John L. Sheffield, Ernest Sheffield; Extended children, Latonya Sheffield, Dawaun Sheffield, and Elisha Spencer; Melik Davis was another son in Margaret’s eyes and to him "Granny can do what she wanted to do"; eleven grandchildren, Tra'shay Benford-Variste, Rickey H. Patton, Marshanay Davis, Phillip Davis Sta'shawn Swist, MarKisha Meyer, Chanice Reed, Latreal Lemuel, Melik Davis, Tra'vonte Reed, LaNiece Davis; twenty-one great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.
