Bentham Walker “Ben” EDMUNDS^{[1, 2, 3]}

1941 - 2022  (80 years)

• Name	Bentham Walker “Ben” EDMUNDS  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	30 Oct 1941	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [9]
  Gender	Male
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina BENTHAM WALKER EDMUNDS Posted Saturday, June 4, 2022 6:00 am Bentham Walker Edmunds, 80, husband of Tempe Austin Edmunds, died on Friday, June 3, 2022. Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Champion Moore Edmunds and Elizabeth Hayes Lucas Walker Edmunds. Mr. Edmunds was a member of The Church of the Holy Comforter. He was a U.S. Army veteran of Vietnam and he was a retired sales representative for 47 years with Educational Products of Columbia and Blankenship & Associates Inc. in Raleigh, North Carolina. His family was his most precious possession. His grandsons, Hugh, Austin and Ben, brought tremendous joy to his life. Even though his body was limited over the last years, it did not limit the quality time he had with his boys. He talked to them daily and knew every detail involving their lives. Surviving are his wife of Sumter; one daughter, Leigh Edmunds McLaurin (Hugh McLaurin IV) of Sumter; two brothers, deSaussure Davis "D.D." Edmunds (Peggy) of Georgetown and Samuel Henry "Cricket" Edmunds (Randa) of Sumter; a sister, Mary Edmunds Reed of Sumter; three grandchildren, Hugh McFaddin McLaurin V, Austin Lucas McLaurin and Bentham Edmunds McLaurin; and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a sister, Elizabeth Edmunds Messersmith, and a brother, Richard Champion "Dick" Edmunds. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday at The Church of the Holy Comforter with the Rev. David Booman and the Rev. Paul Fuener officiating. Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends at the home of his daughter and will greet guests from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday at 220 Haynsworth St. Private graveside services will be held in Sumter Cemetery. Memorials may be made to The Church of the Holy Comforter, 213 N. Main St., Sumter, SC 29150 or to Wilson Hall, 520 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter, SC 29150. Online condolences may be made at www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.  [1, 3, 7, 8]
  MILI	He was a U.S. Army veteran of Vietnam.  [3]
  _UID	7932F787ACE24D69A555B585CCA88DAE5096
  Death	3 Jun 2022
  Burial	7 Jun 2022	Sumter Cemetery, 700 W. Oakland Avenue, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [3]
  	Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I49985	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Champion Moore EDMUNDS,   b. 29 Jul 1907, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 23 Mar 1978, Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Hayes Lucas “Betty” WALKER,   b. 1914, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. 13 Jan 2005, Morningside of Sumter, South Carolina (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	24 Jun 1937	The Church of the Holy Comforter, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [9, 10, 11]
  _UID	C05263F0B4994AED80F519F0AB231DE537D1
  _UID	C05263F0B4994AED80F519F0AB231DE537D1
  Family ID	F35673	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Tempe BROGDON OR AUSTIN
  Marriage	8 Jul  [9]
  _UID	D306D1D86B864B7F842081C309C69520A9B0
  _UID	D306D1D86B864B7F842081C309C69520A9B0
  Children	1. Tempe Leigh EDMUNDS
  Family ID	F35671	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Feb 2008

  
  

• Sources

  [S25718] Elizabeth Messersmith. [S29111] Richard Edmunds. [S29942] Bentham Walker Edmunds. [S437] Engagements Edmunds-McLaurin. [S468] Edmunds-McLaurin. [S3363] Jonnie S. Brogdon. [S4511] Elizabeth Edmunds. [S7035] . [S10134] Edmunds Family Bible. [S915] page 653. [S5540] Marriage License Index- By Grooms’ Name, page 698.