James H BENCH1,2,1,3,4

29th Jan 19061,2,1,3 - 27th Aug 19482,3,4

Life History

29th Jan 1906	Born.1,2,1,3
16th Jul 1927	Married Maydie PADGETT in Yell County, Arkansas.1,2
26th Jul 1934	Death of Maydie PADGETT in Pope County, Arkansas.2,3
27th Nov 1942	Married Faye Elizabeth SHELTON in Yell County, Arkansas.1 Jimmie died in 1948 and Faye died in 1952
27th Aug 1948	Died in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas.2,3,4
29th Aug 1948	Buried in Salem Cemetery. Kingston, Yell County, Arkansas.2,4

Notes

Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Madie Padgett
Gender Female
Age 21, Birth Year abt 1906
Residence Plainview, Yell, Arkansas
Spouse's Name Jim Bench
Spouse's Age 21
Spouse's Residence Plainview, Yell, Arkansas
Marriage 16 Jul 1927 Yell County
Marriage License Date 16 Jul 1927

Maydie died in childbirth. No dates are given on her joint gravestone with her baby. Jim marired Faye Shelton in 1942.

Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Faye Elizabeth Shelton
Age 36, Birth Year abt 1906
Residence Plainview, Yell, Arkansas
Spouse's Name Jimmie H Bench
Spouse's Age 36
Spouse's Residence Plainview, Yell, Arkansas
Marriage 27 Nov 1942 Yell County
Marriage License Date 27 Nov 1942

Bench [Padgett], Madie and Baby 1st w/o Jimmy no dates
Bench, Faye (Shelton) 2nd w/o Jimmy no dates
Bench, Jimmie H. WWII Ark. Pvt. 16 Inf. Tng. Regt. 29 Jan 1906 27 Aug 1948
-- Salem Cemetery, Yell County, Arkansas, http://bethg.shutdown.com/yell/ysalem.html

Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950
Jimmie H Bench
Estimated Birth Year 1906
Age 42, Death 27 Aug 1948 Pulaski County
Volume 47, Certificate #9140

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Bench, Jimmie H.

Jimmie H. Bench of Plainview, age 42 years, died August 27, 1948 in the Veterans Hospital at Little Rock. Mr. Bench served several months with the armed forces during World War II. He leaves to mourn his departure his wife, Mrs. Faye Bench; one daughter, Melba Jean Bench of Plainview; his mother, Mrs. Lizzie Bench of Ola Route 1; three sisters Mrs. Ada Owens of Texas; Mrs. Bert Marks, of Searcy; and Mrs. Ralph Jones of Ola, Route 1; and one brother, Everett Bench of Watson and a host of their relatives and friends.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Assembly of God Church by the Rev. Ivan Marcum of Birta, assisted by Misses Francis Payne of Dardanelle and Vivian Higgins of Tulsa, Okla. Mr. Bench was a member of the Assembly of God Church. Interment was in Salem Cemetery near Plainview.
-- Yell County Record, 50 Yrs Ago, Danville, Arkansas, Originally published on Thursday, September 2, 1948, http://YellCountyObits.org
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Sources

1. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
2. Salem Cemetery, Yell County, Arkansas, Register
3. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950
4. Obituary of Jimmie H. Bench, Yell County Record, 50 Yrs Ago, Danville, Arkansas, Originally published on Thursday, September 2, 1948, http://YellCountyObits.org