Thomas Benton

DATELINE: Chesterfield, SC

DECEASED: Mr. Thomas L. "Tommy" Benton, age 54, died Wednesday, November 5, 2014

FUNERAL SERVICE: 11:00 AM, Saturday, November 8, 2014 at Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home Chapel

INTERMENT: Will follow in the Chesterfield Cemetery

VISITATION: 10:00 - 11:00 AM, Saturday, November 8, 2014 prior to the service at the funeral home

Mr. Benton was born March 9, 1960 in Florence, SC a son of Paul L. Benton and the late Velma Elizabeth Smith Benton. He was a 1979 graduate of Chesterfield High School and also was a graduate of Chesterfield Marlboro Tec. Tommy also attended Wingate University and the S.C. Police Academy, and was a former police officer and former owner and operator of Super Lube. He was a member of Chesterfield Baptist Church where he served as a Sunday school teacher. Tommy enjoyed being a lay speaker and was also a former Dixie Youth baseball coach and umpire. He was former executive director of Friends of Scouting and also served as Scout Master of Boy Scout Troop 652. In addition to his mother, he was also preceded in death by and infant sister, Glenda Lee Benton; and by his brother, Steven Paul Benton.
SURVIVORS:
Father: Paul L. Benton of Chesterfield, SC
Sister: Elizabeth Benton Norton of Chesterfield, SC
Niece and Nephew: Cassi E. Norton and Julian Paul Norton
Also: aunts, uncles, and cousins

MEMORIALS: may be made to Chesterfield Baptist Church, 207 E. Main Street, Chesterfield, SC 29709 or to Hospice of Chesterfield County, P.O. Box 293, Chesterfield, SC 29709

MILLER-RIVERS-CAULDER FUNERAL HOME OF CHESTERFIELD, SC
(www.mrcfuneralhome.com) is serving the Benton family.

FUNERAL SERVICE: 11:00 AM, Saturday, November 8, 2014 at Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home Chapel

INTERMENT: Will follow in the Chesterfield Cemetery

VISITATION: 10:00 - 11:00 AM, Saturday, November 8, 2014 prior to the service at the funeral home