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Jacob Stuart Benson was born on 20 December 1904 in Rockbridge Co., VA. He registered for the WWI draft on 16 October 1940 in Mint Springs, Augusta Co., VA.29460 Jacob died in Augusta Co., VA on 3 May 1989 and was buried at Saint Johns Reformed United Church of Christ in Middlebrook, Augusta Co., VA on 5 May 1989 .29461
Jacob Stuart Benson and Margaret Lee Cline were married. Margaret Lee Cline, daughter of John Finley Cline and Lutisha Bird, was born on 12 July 1912 in Rockbridge Co., VA. Margaret died at Augusta Medical Center in Fishersville, Augusta Co., VA on 27 May 1997 and was buried at Saint Johns Reformed United Church of Christ in Middlebrook, Augusta Co., VA in May 1997 .29462,29463
Obituary, The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, VA, Thur., May 29, 1997
BENSON, Margaret Lee, (''Maggie""), 85, of God's Place Massie Haven, Stuarts Draft, died Tuesday, May 27, 1997 at Augusta Medical Center in Fishersville. She was born July 12, 1912 in Rockbridge County, a daughter of John Finley and Latisha Bird Fitzgerald Cline. She was a member of the Abundant Life Ministries and retired from Western State Hospital. She continued to minister and assist with the needs of others through her care of her friends at Massie Haven. Survivors include three daughters, Sandra F. Campbell, Stuarts Draft, Shelva J. Arehart, Snowville, Ruby L. Wilkins, Dayton, Ohio; as well as 17 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Benson also leaves behind a special friend and caregiver, Walda Massie, as well as her special friends at Massie Haven. She was preceded in death by her husband, Stuart Benson and four children, Wallace M. Benson, Kenneth R. Benson, Frances Irvine and Thelma Ann Benson. Services will be held 11 a.m. Friday in the Stuarts Draft Chapel of Etter-Reynolds Funeral Service, conducted by the Rev. Alfred Bashlor, with burial following at St. John's Reformed United Church of Christ Cemetery in Middlebrook. Active pallbearers will be her grandsons. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the Stuarts Draft Chapel of Etter-Reynolds. Memorial contributions may be made to Massie Haven, 436 Dodge Street, Stuarts Draft, Va. 24477.