Moses Bentley and Caroline Ann Sloop

Moses Bentley and
Caroline Ann Sloop

Moses Bentley b Jul 1800 Iredell Co NC d 1883 Boone Co NC; s/o Moses Bentley and Mary Campbell. Moses Bentley m. Caroline Ann Sloop b about 1814 Cabarrus Co NC. Children of Moses Bentley and Caroline Ann Sloop;

1. Nancy Bentley b 16 Sep 1834 Iredell Co NC

2. Barbara Bentley b 11 Feb 1839 Iredell Co NC

3. Abel Harrison Bentley b Jul 1840 Iredell Co NC m. Nancy Caroline Keller b Apr 1838 Burke Co NC. Children;

i. Dovey Rosabelle Bentley

ii. John Marcus Bentley b 19 Sep 1861 m. Martha Triplett b 27 Oct 1860; children;

I. Maggie Bentley b 1882

II. Callie Bentley b Oct 1883

III. Mary A. Bentley b Mar 1885

IV. Nellie Bentley b Mar 1887

V. Thomas H. Bentley b Feb 1889

VI. James Blaine Bentley b 14 Mar 1898 Matley, NC

VII. Rosa Belle Bentley b 22 Jan 1899

VIII. Grace Bentley b 1902

iii. Jacob Wesley Bentley b about May 1867

iv. Mary Elizabeth Bentley

4. Caleb Bentley b 1843 Iredell Co NC

5. Martin Elijah Bentley b Jul 1846 Caldwell Co NC

6. Jane Bentley b 1850 Caldwell Co NC

7. Thomas H. Bentley b 17 Jan 1852 Caldwell Co NC m. Margaret Green. Child;

i. Noah Carolina Bentley m. Ellen Lydia Rupard; child; i.1. Mary Lou Bentley b 29 Aug 1928 d 25 Aug 2006 m. 25 Dec 1946 to James Woodrow Miller Sr d 21 Jan 1981 buried Sunset Hills Cemetery, Caldwell Co NC. Children of Mary Lou Bentley and James Woodrow Miller Sr;

I. James W Miller Jr b 1 Sept 1951 Caldwell Co NC

II. Cathy Ann Miller b 23 Jan 1955? m. Greg Gallashaw

III. Marsha Ellen Miller b 18 Jul 1955? Caldwell Co NC m. Male Rezapour

Article by James W Miller Jr.: Mary Lou (Bentley) Miller - 29 August 1928 - 25 August 2006 - This article was written in memory of my mother, Mary Lou Bentley Miller. Mary was born 29 August 1928 in Caldwell County, North Carolina, a daughter of Noah Carolina Bentley and his wife Ellen Lydia Rupard Bentley. On Christmas Day 25 December 1946, she married James Woodrow Miller, Sr., of Caldwell County, in the parsonage of Poovey's Grove Baptist Church located south of the town of Granite Falls, NC. Mary and Woodrow became the parents of three children: James W. Miller, Jr. (the writer of this article), born in Caldwell County 1 September, 1951; Cathy Ann Miller, born in Caldwell County 23 January 1955; and Marsha Ellen Miller, born in Caldwell County, 18 July 1955. Woodrow died 21 January 1981 and was buried in Sunset Hills cemetery a short distance from the Miller home. Mary continued to live at the home place after her husband's death, never remarrying. Mary passed away at home on 25 August 2006, surrounded by her children, after a lengthy bout with Alzheimer's disease of several years. Her son, James, now lives at the Miller home.

Obituary - Mary Lou Bentley Miller, 77, of Clover Church Road, Granite Falls, NC, passed away Friday, Aug. 25, 2006, at the Miller family home after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was born Aug. 29, 1928, in Caldwell County, NC, the daughter of the late Noah Carolina Bentley and Ellen Lydia Rupard Bentley. Mrs. Miller was a retired employee of Shuford Mills in Granite Falls, NC and a member of Sunrise Baptist Church in Hudson, NC. She married James Woodrow Miller Sr. on Dec. 25, 1946, in Caldwell County, NC. Her husband of 35 years preceded her in death on Jan. 21, 1981. Mrs. Miller is survived by her son, James W. Miller Jr., and a special friend and caregiver, Michael Lein, both of the home; two daughters, Cathy Ann Miller - Gallashaw and husband, Greg, and Marsha Ellen Miller Rezapour, both of Monroe, Ga.; a grandson, James W. "Clovis" Miller III of Hickory, NC; and two granddaughters, Jasmine Eileen Rezapour and Parisa Lynn Rezapour, both of Charlotte. Both Mrs. Miller and her husband always made loving sacrifices for their children, for which their children will always be thankful. In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Dewey Allison Bentley of Hudson and James Thomas Bentley of Granite Falls; and two sisters, Lillie Mae Bentley and Rose Belle Clark, both of Sawmills, NC. Services were conducted Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006, at 3 p.m. a t Mackie-High Funeral Home Chapel, with the the Rev. Edd Warren officiating. Burial followed at Sunset Hills Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, 902 Kirkwood St., NW, Lenoir, N.C. 28645. Mackie-High Funeral Home in Granite Falls were in charge of the arrangements.

8. Phillip Alexander Bentley b 1856 Caldwell Co NC m. Martha Bradshaw b Jul 1853. Children;

i. Monroe Bentley b 1882 NC

ii. Callie Bentley b 1885 NC

iii. Jennie Bentley b 1887 NC

iv. Nelia Bentley b 1890 NC

v. Jeff W. Bentley b 1892 NC m. Ada I. Children;

I. Docia E. Bentley b 1912 NC

II. Eddie Bentley b 1914 NC

III. Claude Bentley

IV. Annie E. Bentley b 1921 NC

V. Fred A. Bentley b 1922 NC

VI. Tracy L. Bentley b 1925 NC