Billie Rose Benton

Billie Rose Benton, 73, of Brunswick departed this life Thursday, September 6, 2018 at SGHS Glynn. Funeral services will be conducted at 11Am Wednesday, September 12, 2018 in the Chapel of Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home with Rev. Ed Hurst officiating. Interment will follow in Chapel Park Cemetery with William Dunlap, Tinker Benton, Ryan Benton, Bubba Bertholf, Van McLoon, Steve Helms, and Roy Helms Jr serving as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearer will be Daniel Moore.

Mrs. Benton was born March 8, 1945 in Eastman, Georgia to the late Tommy and Dorothy Lois S. Wright. She was a homemaker and had been a resident of Glynn County for over 50 years. She was a member of Pine Ridge Baptist Church. Mrs. Benton always enjoyed spending time with her beloved family. Her strong faith was evident in her daily walk with Christ. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by three sisters, Patricia Helms, Helen Peacock, and Sharon Pittman, as well as a brother Tommy Wright, Jr.

Survivors include her husband of 52 years, James Benton of Brunswick, three children, William Dunlap and wife Catherine of Blairsville, GA, Tinker Benton of Darien, Becky Moore and husband Daniel of Waycross, four grandchildren, Ryan Benton, Tiffany Kirkland, Bubba Bertholf, and Gabbi Benton, nine great grandchildren, a sister, Barbara Obarr and husband Larry, two brothers, Ronnie Wright and wife Betty Jo, and Gary Wright and wife Dianne, all of Eastman, a sister in law, Jeanette Moody and husband Chuck of Gainesville, Fl, brother in law, Roy Helms of Brunswick, several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends Tuesday evening, September 11, 2018 at Edo Miller and Sons from 6PM until 8 PM. www.edomillerandsons.com