James Thomas Benefield

DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: PENWELL-GABEL HIGHLAND CHAPEL
TOPEKA, KANSAS

1. Full Name: James Thomas Benefield Age: 27 Years

2. Current address: of Junction City

3. Date of death: Saturday , June 7, 2003

4 Place of death: Junction City

5. Cause of death:

6. Date of birth: October 15, 1975 Place of birth: Vernon, Alabama

6.b. Parents: Tom Benefield and Sarah Glasgow

6.c. Years in current city/town:

7. Background: He graduated from Lamar County High School in Vernon. He attended Bevill State Community College in
Hamilton, Alabama.
Mr. Benefield enlisted in the U.S. Army on September 18, 2000, as a cannon crew member and obtained the rank of specialist. He was
assigned to A-Battery, First Battalion, 5th Field Artillery at Ft. Riley and deployed to Kuwait from July to December 2001 as part of
Operation Desert Spring. He was awarded the Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Ribbon, the Army
Expeditionary Medal, the Army Service Medal and the Driver's Badge.
8. Relatives: Married to: Wendi Jo Freeman, March 22, 2003 in Vernon, Alabama

8.b. preceded in death by:
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Wife: Wendi Jo Benefield
Son: Christopher Scott Benefield, Junction City, Kansas
Sister: Beth Pless, Baldwyn, Mississippi
Mother: Sarah Benefield, Ethelsville, Alabama
Grandparents: James and Elizabeth Glasgow, Caledonia, Mississippi
Grandparent: Maudie Benefield, Stelle, Alabama

9. Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 13, 2003
at Highland Heights Christian Church.

10. Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Berryton, Kansas.

11. Visitation times, place: Mr. Benefield will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Highland Chapel after 7:00 p.m.
on Thursday where the family will receive friends from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other:

13. Memorial contributions, if any: James T. Benefield Memorial Fund C/O Bank of America, 5325
S.W. 21st Street, Topeka, Kansas 66604

16. Funeral home in charge: Penwell-Gabel Highland Chapel, 2843 SE Minnesota Ave, Topeka, Kansas
16a.. Director: Brian M. Voigt