More detail on this person: Glenn Garrison
Benton, 50, of 321 Longview Drive, Fayetteville,
died Tuesday in Womack Army Medical Center on
Fort Bragg.
He was a retired Army chief warrant officer who
served as a helicopter pilot in Korea. Mr. Benton
served two tours in Vietnam and was awarded the
Purple Heart. He was a member of the American
Legion and the Disabled American Veterans.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in
the Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home chapel by the
Rev. Randy White. Burial will be in Main Post
Cemetery on Fort Bragg.
Mr. Benton is survived by his wife, Barbara
Croom-Benton of Fayetteville; a daughter,
Christina E. Benton of Fayetteville; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Herman G. Benton of Rio Rancho,
N.M.; and Sharon Papp of Alaska.
The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to
9 at Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Veterans of Foreign
Wars National Headquarters, 406 W. 34th St.,
Kansas City, Mo. 64111.
This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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