Mason Myrl Benson

Mr. Mason Myrl "Bill" Benson, 78, of 8720 Overcash Road, Concord, died Friday, September 3, 2004, at Mercy Hospital in Charlotte, following three years of declining health and six months of serious illness. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Monday, September 6, 2004, at Shiloh United Methodist Church. The Rev. Michael B. Harrill and the Rev. Charles Gibbons will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery with military honors conducted by DAV Chapter 27 of Concord. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Lady's Funeral Home. At other times they will be at the residence. Born August 13, 1926, in Cabarrus County, he was a son of the late Oland Benson and Dema McCall Benson. He was retired from the maintenance department of UNCC. He was a lifetime member of Shiloh United Methodist Church and was a former member of the Odell Volunteer Fire Department and the Odell Lions Club. He also served in the Pacific during World War II. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Evalee Myers; and a brother, R. H. "Dick" Benson. Survivors include his wife, Phyllis Bost Benson; three sons, William Myrl Benson and his wife, Tona, of Landis, Donald Wayne Benson and his wife, Sherrie, and Charles Ray Benson and his wife, Diane, of Concord; a sister, Hazel Bacon of Salisbury; two brothers, O. D. Benson and John Benson, both of Concord; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to Shiloh United Methodist Church Building Fund, 4149 Odell School Road, Concord, NC 28027 or Odell Lions Club, 2000 Odell School Road, Concord, NC 28027.