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Benedict, Laney D.   257428
Birth: 03/21/1950    Death: 04/05/2020    Marriage: 11/26/1969
Cemetery: Highland (NOT PLOTTED)
Record Source: Headstone, The Paris News
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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/16/2025)

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THE PARIS NEWS, April 7, 2020: “Laney D. Benedict, 70, of Bogata, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2020, at Paris Regional Medical Center. Bright-Holland Funeral Home has scheduled services for 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8 at the Pavilion of Highland Cemetery in Deport, with the Rev. David Hamm officiating. The family will receive friends from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home. In accordance with the executive order from Gov. Greg Abbott, visitors will be limited to 10 at a time during the visitation. Laney, the son of Daris Leslie Benedict and Pauline Agnes Jewett Benedict, was born on March 21, 1950, in Jacksonville, Texas. He began working at Campbell Soup Company in 1971. He transferred to Silgan when Campbell Soup sold the can plant. He retired after 42 years of service. On Nov. 26, 1969, he married Norma Lynn Thomas, building 46 years of family and memories before her death on July 19, 2016. He was also preceded in death by a son, Leslie Wade Benedict, on Sept. 4, 2000; his parents, Daris Leslie Benedict and Pauline Agnes Benedict; a sister, Barbara McCoy; a brother, Charles Benedict; two sisters-in-law, Shirley McCoy and Peggy Benedict; and a brother-in-law, Donald Kyle. Survivors include a daughter, Lori Martin and husband, Vance, of Bogata; his companion, Linda Alford, of Mt. Vernon; brothers, Dean McCoy, of Paris, Louise Kyle, of Paris, Betty Nichols and husband, Paul, of Deport and Delores Kyle and husband, Jerry, of Paris; along with numerous nieces and nephews; and a host of friends. To leave a message or tribute for the family please visit brighthollandfunralhome.com.” Submitted by Viola Broyles.

On same stone as Norma L. Benedict.


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