Leonard Benefield

Died: 20 September 1954




Leonard Benefield

[1951]



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SHS '51 Pictures


Stamps High School Class of 1951

[May 1951]

Mrs. Doherty - Kalene Thomas - Jimmy Farley - Bill Grimmett - Bette Baker - Edward Hatfield - Harold McKamie - Ann Williams - Peggy Jane Pelt - Georgia Ann Langley - U.B. Bond, Jr. - Myrtle Sue Peck - Donald Hooper

Gay Weed - Catherine Strange - Bobbie Bolton - Kathryn Franklin Hurley - Delilah Owen - Mary Nell Minter - Peggy Harding - Clara Teague - Esther Mae Keith - Martha Cearley - Lucille Wallace - Charles Mackey

Tommy Sims - Barbara Powell - Billy Kuykendall - Leroy Lamb - Ann Hudgens - Mary Morgan, Dorothy Baker - David Paul Lovell - Richard Boyd - Jimmy Nix - Virginia Guttry - Joe Dan Oglesby - Clara Hamm (Not Pictured: Leonard Benefield)



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Stamps High School Class of 1951

[October 2001]

Kalene Thomas Farley - Kathryn Franklin Hurley - Delilah Owen Minter - Ann Williams McKenzie - U.B. Bond - Myrtle Sue Peck Barr

Tom Sims - Gay Weed Grimmett - Bill Kuykendall - Bobbie Ray Bolton Irving - Ann Hudgens Russell - Dorothy Baker Hanson - Clara Teague Festervand - Lucille Wallace - Clara Hamm Mitchell



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Front: Delilah Owen Minter, Kalene Thomas Farley, Kathryn Franklin Hurley, Mary Morgan Lile, Clara Hamm Mitchell, Ann Hudgens Russell, Rear: Jimmy Nix, Lucille Wallace Andrews, U.B. Bond, Bill Kuykendall, Mrs. Doherty, Esther Keith Perry, Bobbie Bolton Irving, Dorothy Baker Hanson [45th Reunion - 1996]



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[Third Grade 1941 - 1942]

Row 1: Bonnie Tatum, Clifford Butler Smith, X, Dale Eddy, Mary Catherine Strange, Jimmy Nix, Joe Dan Oglesby, David Paul Lovell, Donald Haltem, Annie Sue Clark, Row 2: Jimmy Cearley, Tommy Sims, Ann Hudgens, X, James Moreland, Betty Jo Murphy, Bobby Nix, Edwin Beene, Mary Nell Minter, X, Row 3: Kalene Thomas, Cozette Daugherty, Barbara Powell, Dorothy Baker, Billy Kuykendall, Patsy Sue Hamilton, X, Delilah Owen, Ann Williams, X, X, Row 4: Bette Baker, Richard Pipkin, Bobby Ormand, Donald Kersey, Gerald Burke, Virginia Brazil (teacher), X, Cearley, Charles Mackey, John Henry Shelton, Ruel Brown



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[Second Grade 1940 - 1941]

Row 1: Delilah Owen, Mary Nell Minter, Annie Sue Clark, Bonnie Tatum, James Moreland, Donald Haltem, Jimmy Nix, Guy Shannon, Row 2: Tommy Sims, Clifford Butler Smith, X, Barbara Powell, Ann Williams, X, X, Cozette Daugherty, X, X, Ann Hudgens, Bobby Nix, Alice Ann Cleveland, X, Jimmy Cearley, Patsy Sue Hamilton, X, Bette Baker, Row 3: Raymond Wooton, Richard Pipkin, Ruel Brown, X, Bobby Ormand, Flora Bell Farley (teacher), X, X, Donald Kersey, X, X



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[First Grade 1939 - 1940]

Row 1: Donald Kersey, X, Bobby Nix, Tommy Sims, X, Row 2: Clifford Butler Smith, James Moreland, Bonnie Tatum, Richard Pipkin, X, Billy Kuykendall, Jimmy Nix, Bobby Ormand, Guy Shannon, Edwin Beene, X, Row 3: Bette Baker, Barbara Powell, Dorothy Baker, Ann Williams, X, X, David Paul Lovell, X, X, Ann Hudgens, Mary Nell Minter, X, X, X, Row 4: Patsy Sue Hamilton, X, Donald Haltem, X, X, X, X, X, X, Vida Burke (teacher), X, X, Jimmy Cearley, X, Charles Mackey, X



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Other Pictures




Rear: 1950 Seniors

Edward Hatfield - Leonard Benefield - Charles Mackey - Jimmy Farley - Tommy Sims
Richard Boyd - Jimmy Willard - Joe Dan Oglesby - U.B. Bond - Billy Kuykendall
Regular Season: 10-0-0 - Regular Season Point Totals 286-76



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Biography (2001)

Leonard Purnell Benefield, Jr., married Dorothy Daugherty of Stamps. They had one son, Leonard Dale Benefield who was born on 23 June 1953.

Leonard died 20 September 1954.
Leonard Dale died 19 September 1992.

Leonard"s parents were Leonard and Gracie Benefield of Haynesville, LA. He had six sisters and one brother.


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