Thelma Benton

Obituary

Thelma Nicholson Benton, 79, of Resaca, died Sunday, December 9, 2018. She was born in Whitfield County on October 11, 1939, daughter of the late Julius and Dona Stanley Nicholson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Garvin McCam.
Thelma was a member of Antioch Baptist Church, where she was a member of the church choir, a Sunday School teacher for 55 years, and worked with the Awana group. She enjoyed the outdoors, walking, working with her flowers, spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and her fur baby, Sophie.
Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Denny and Renae Phillips of Resaca, and Doug and Retha Phillips of Adairsville; her grandchildren, Paige (Zach) Holder, Jamie (Destiny) Phillips, and Cody Phillips; her great-grandchildren, Colton Holder, Connor Holder, and Claire Holder; her brother, Charlie Nicholson of Dalton; sister-in-law, Dot McCam of Dalton; and sisters and brother-in-law, Susie and Jim Harrison, Reatha Guinn, and Ruth Messer, all of Dalton.
Services to honor the life of Thelma Nicholson Benton will be held Wednesday, December 12th at 3:00 PM from Antioch Baptist Church, with Rev. Justin Silver officiating. Burial will follow in Fidelle Cemetery, with Rev. Randy Muse conducting the committal service. Pallbearers serving will include James Phillips II, Zach Holder, Terry Holden, Michael Holder, Brian Bailey, and Tim Harrison. Honorary pallbearers are Jim Harrison, Wayne McBurnett, Shawn Nicholson, and Scott Nicholson.
The family will receive friends at the Antioch Baptist Church Life Center on Tuesday, December 11th from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, or at www.stjude.org.
Condolences may be left at www.maxbrannonandsons.com. Funeral arrangements are under the care and direction of Max Brannon and Sons Funeral Home of Calhoun.









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