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Percy O. Benjamin - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Evening Post January 15, 1950

Percy Benjamin Of Tallulah Dies Suddenly At Home

Percy O. Benjamin, long time resident of Tallulah, died Saturday in his home in that city.

Mr. Benjamin was born at Homestead Plantation near Lake Providence. La., but has resided in Tallulah 
for the past 29 years He was 67 years old.

He was the parish road engineer, and Secretary of the Louisiana Delta Fair Association. Mr. Benjamin 
was also an active member of the Episcopal Church, serving as Sunday School Superintendent for a number 
of years, and a Mason.

He is survived by his wife Mrs. Sadie Guthrie Benjamin - three daughters, Mrs. Halsey Rivenbark of 
Charlotte, N C. Miss Elizabeth Benjamin of Memphis, Tenn., and Miss Cecilia Benjamin of Tallulah: a son, 
Walter Benjamin of Tallulah, two brothers, Will Benjamin of Lake Providence, La. and H. W. Benjamin 
of Galveston, Texas: one sister, Mrs. L. B. Watt of Bunkie, La: and one grandchild.

Funeral services are incomplete, but they will be held in Tallulah under the direction of Young's 
Funeral Home. Interment will be in the Silver Cross Cemetery.

From Tallulah Madison Journal January 20, 1950

P. O. Benjamin Succumbs Here Saturday Afternoon

Percy Ozier Benjamin, 67-year-old former Madison Parish official, died at his residence, 613
E. Darrow Street Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock following a lengthy illness.

A resident of Madison Parish for the past 29 years, he was a former  secretary of the Madison Parish 
Police Jury, and engineer for the  parish. He was a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church, of which 
he served as Sunday School Superintendent for 25 years. He was Senior Warden of the Vestry, and Treasurer 
of the Church and Sunday School for 25 years, and was a member of the Church choir for a number of years. 
He also was a member of the Tallulah Masonic Lodge, and for many years of the American Legion, being 
a veteran of World War I.

The children of the Episcopal Sunday School recently presented Mr. Benjamin a gift as a token of their 
appreciation of his loyalty to the Sunday School.

Funeral services were conducted Monday morning at 10 o'clock from the Episcopal Church, with the Rev. 
J. Daniel Gilliam, officiating. Burial followed in the Silver Cross Cemetery.

Pallbearers were W. M. Bray, W. F. Powell, H. P. Buford, Buddy Lee, W. C. Starrett, W. H. Harvey.

Honorary pallbearers were members and past members of the vestry of the Episcopal Church.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sadie Guthrie Benjamin, Tallulah ; three daughters, Mrs. Halsey Rivenbark, 
Charlotte, N. C., Miss Elizabeth Benjamin, Memphis, Tenn., Miss Cecelia Benjamin, Tallulah; two brothers, 
William B. Benjamin, Lake Providence, H. W. Benjamin, Galveston, Texas; one sister, Mrs. L. B. Watt, 
Bunkie, La., and one grandchild.

Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Young's Funeral Home, and interment took place in Silver 
Cross Cemetery.