The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, May 12, 1996                   TAG: 9605120108
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

JOSHUA T. BENTON

Joshua Thomas Benton, 4-days-old, died May 10, 1996, at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters. He was born in Virginia Beach.

Survivors include his parents, Ellen Jones Benton and Anthony Scott Benton, both of Virginia Beach; maternal grandparents, Pat and Wylie Jones of Valentines, Va.; paternal grandmother, Alesia Priest of Clarkesville, Ga.; paternal grandfather, Gerald Benton of Athens, Ga.; maternal great-grandmother, Elsie E. Hobbs of Valentines; paternal great-grandmother, Gwen Stewart of Athens.

A private graveside service will be held in Colonial Grove Memorial Park. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel, is in charge. Memorial donations may be made to the Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, 601 Children's Lane, Norfolk, Va. 23507.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB