Gertrude BENENHALEY

1919 - 2015  (96 years)

• Name	Gertrude BENENHALEY  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	1919	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Gender	Female
  HIST	of Dalzell, South Carolina of Barnwell, South Carolina GERTRUDE BENENHALEY Posted Tuesday, July 14, 2015 6:00 am Gertrude Benenhaley, 96, went to her heavenly home on Sunday, July 12, 2015. Funeral arrangements will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Long Branch Baptist Church with Dr. Eleazer Benenhaley and the Rev. John Cook officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Dyches Funeral Home in Barnwell and on Wednesday from noon until time of service at the church. Born in Sumter, Ms. Benenhaley was a daughter of the late Henry and Mary Frances Ray Benenhaley. She attended schools in Sumter County and Toccoa Falls, Georgia. Upon graduation from high school, she attended Toccoa Falls Bible College and focused her studies in Bible, speech, and child study. Upon graduation from Toccoa Falls Bible College, she served children at Connie Maxwell Children's Home in Greenwood for 27 years. While at Connie Maxwell Children's Home, she was a member of Connie Maxwell Baptist Church and was faithful in many activities of the church, where she taught a Sunday school class of 12-year-old girls for 15 years. She was also a leader of Girls Auxiliary for several years, and she served as prayer chairman for Women's Missionary Alliance. She retired from Connie Maxwell Children's Home in 1980 and returned to her home in Dalzell, where she again served her Lord faithfully in her home church, Long Branch Baptist Church. Ms. Benenhaley's life was dedicated to her Lord and Savior, and she was a tender and compassionate Christian throughout her life. Her focus was always to share Jesus Christ and to tell of his love and saving grace to everyone. Survivors include three sisters, Lois (John) Cook, Alice (Ben) Chase and Ann (Ray) Shoemaker; one brother, John Mark (Bobbie) Benenhaley; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her sisters, Gladys Ray, Louise Benenhaley, Estelle Benenhaley, Henrietta Benenhaley, Peggy Hood, Theo Carpenter and Connie Buckner; and two brothers, Raymond Benenhaley and Ernest Benenhaley. In lieu of flowers, the family would ask that memorials be sent to Long Branch Baptist Church, Dalzell, or Connie Maxwell Children's Home, Greenwood. The family would like to express its appreciation for the loving care of the nurses and staff of the Barnwell County Nursing Home. The family has entrusted Dyches Funeral Home and Crematory of Barnwell with the arrangements.  [1, 3, 7, 8]
  _UID	1E2D03170F4E495F85E8A51893018912C360
  Death	12 Jul 2015
  Burial	15 Jul 2015	Long Branch Baptist Church Cemetery, Dalzell, Sumter County, South Carolina   [8]
  	Dyches Funeral Home & Crematory, Barnwell, South Carolina
  Person ID	I71123	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Henry BENENHALEY, Jr.,   b. 23 Jan 1889   d. 20 Jun 1960 (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Frances RAY,   b. 15 Jul 1889   d. 20 Feb 1928 (Age 38 years)
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  _UID	6C720B1F418F4DB38EAF624BE7BEB0475E92
  Family ID	F49524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S1009] Estelle Benenhaley. [S4778] Raymond Benenhaley Sr. [S6971] Ernest R. Benenhaley. [S8427] Theo B. Carpenter. [S11770] Henrietta Benenhaley. [S14569] Peggy Hood. [S19482] Connie B. Buckner. [S22763] Gerturde Benenhaley. [S23151] John Benenhaley.