SOUTHERN INDIANA DEATHS
Publication Date: February 12, 1991
Source: The Courier-Journal Louisville, KY Page: 02B

CHARLESTOWN -- Wilma Cole Benge, 64, of 1295 Market St., died Monday at Humana Hospital - University of Louisville. She was the former Wilma Bentley, a native of Millstone, Ky., a former head cashier for Gateway and Convenient stores, a former volunteer at North Clark Community Hospital and a member of Pine Mountain Order of Eastern Star Chapter 147 and First Baptist Church.

Survivors: her husband, Joseph Benge; two daughters, Nancy Pearson and Shirley Dean, both of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; two stepsons, Jack and Richard Benge, both of Louisville; a stepdaughter, Valerie Shanks; seven brothers, Joe, D.V. and Jerry Bentley, all of Millstone, John V., James and Can Bentley, all of Cleveland, and Fred Bentley of Dayton, Ohio; seven sisters, Stella Salyers of Cincinnati, Lettie Totten of Freeburn, Ky., Sabrinia Blair of Amsted, Mich., Lake Pass of Jacksboro, Tenn., Cora Mullins of Dayton, Atha Caudill of Whitesburg, Ky., and Sue Bentley of Millstone; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Grayson Charlestown Funeral Home.

Burial: Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Indiana. Visitation: 5-9 p.m. Tuesday and after 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Expressions of sympathy:
Leukemia Society of America,
733 Third Ave.,
New York, N.Y., 10017.

Submitted By
Donna Bentley Pitts