Bill Joe Benfield
July 15, 1934 ~ February 21, 2001
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Mr. Benfield was born in Haywood County and was a son of the late Rev. Harrison E. and Hazel Todd Benfield. He served with the SeaBees in the US Navy during the Korean Conflict and formerly worked at Carolina Power and Light Co. He was the owner of Blue Ridge Plating Co. in Arden.
He was a member of Biltmore Masonic Lodge No. 445 and of the Oasis Shrine.
Surviving are his wife, Carolyn Mitchell Benfield; one daughter, Lisa Benfield Brandon and her husband David of Asheville; one son, Philip Galen Benfield of Myrtle Beach, SC; four sisters, Christine Huffman of Roanoke, VA, Evelyn Morris and Mary Blanton of Chesney, SC and Shirley Marlowe of Fairview; one brother, Jack Benfield of Asheville, and two grandchildren, Alec and Julie Brandon.
Funeral services will be at 3:00 pm Friday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. H.L. Wilson officiating. Masonic graveside rites will be provided by the Biltmore Lodge at Cane Creek Cemetery. The lodge will open at 2:00 pm.
His family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
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Lisa,
I have thought of you often and you have been in my prayers.
Lisa,
Thinking of you and your family during this difficult time. My prayers are with you.
Dear Galen – I was very saddened to read of your daddy’s death. Please know that my thoughts and prayers are with you, Carolyn, and Lisa & family at this time. Put your trust in the Lord, for he will help you through the difficult days ahead.
Love, Janet Robinson Minor
Mr. Bill was one of my ‘special’ patients from the dialysis center. I could always count on him to chuckle @ my poor jokes. He told me during the last wk that he was there for treatments that he ‘felt better than I have in years’. I was so sorry and saddended to learn of his death. My sincere sympathy to the entire family.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
May God uplift you at this time of sorrow.
We are praying for each of you during this time of grief. May God constantly remind you of His abundant and abiding presence. Jack and Elsie, rest assured of the thoughts and prayers of your brothers and sisters at Beverly Hills Baptist. May God hold you firmly within His sheltering hand. We love you.
Rev. Tim Lolley
Pastor
Beverly Hills Baptist Church
Asheville, NC