The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, November 21, 1995             TAG: 9511210232
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

RUEANNA K. BENTON

Rueanna Kirkpatrick Benton, 67, of the 800 block of Dekalb Ave., died Nov. 18, 1995.

Mrs. Benton, the widow of Archie Campbell Benton, was retired from General Electric Corporation. She was a native of Dunbard Township, Pa., and was a member of the Salvation Army, Norfolk, and the Ladies Home League.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Robin Black Fenton of New Orleans, La.; two sons, Roy Black Jr. of Portsmouth and Russell Black of Virginia Beach; a granddaughter, Chelsea Fenton; three step-grandchildren, Dione Pietrzak and Woodi Pitscheneder and Jamie Ennis; three step-great-grandchildren, Autumn Pitscheneder, Jonnie Pitscheneder, and Logan Pietrzak.

The funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Salvation Army, Raby Road and Virginia Beach Blvd., Norfolk, by Capt. Michaels. Burial will be private. The family will be at Francis A. Gay Funeral Home, South Norfolk Chapel, Chesapeake, from 7 to 8 p.m. today. Memorial donations may be made to the Salvation Army, Norfolk.

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