Singleton and Related Genealogy Pages
A history of many families.
1921 - 2014 (93 years)| Name | Vernetta Gertrude “Gertrude” WATT [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] | |
| Birth | 3 May 1921 | Clarendon County, South Carolina  |
| Gender | Female | |
| HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina of Greenwood, South Carolina VERNETTA BENBOW Posted: Friday, August 1, 2014 6:00 am Vernetta Gertrude Watt Benbow, 93, widow of William W. Benbow Jr., passed away on Thursday, July 31, 2014, at a local nursing center. Services will be announced by Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, (803) 775-9386. GERTRUDE W. BENBOW Posted: Saturday, August 2, 2014 12:00 am Gertrude Watt Benbow, 93, widow of William W. Benbow Jr., passed away on Thursday, July 31, 2014, at a local nursing home. Born in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late Elwyn Morgan Watt and Olivia Gertrude Ridgill Watt. Mrs. Benbow was a member of First Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Surviving are three daughters, Trudy Troublefield (Ed) of Greenwood, Nancy Richbourg of Lawrenceville, Georgia, and Jan Riddle (Ned) of Edisto Island; four sisters, Marguerite Huggins, Roberta Singleton and Tona Chandler (Pat), all of Sumter, and Vera Stokes Bradham of Atlanta, Georgia; two brothers, Thomas Watt (Nene) and E.M. Watt (Patsy), both of Sumter; a stepsister, Iris Mills of Mayesville; two stepbrothers, Frank Singleton of Chapin and Bob Singleton of Florida; sister-in-law, Sarah Benbow of Raleigh, North Carolina; six grandchildren, Kim T. Williams, Craig Troublefield, Gee Richbourg, Jay Richbourg, Emily R. Turner and Elliott Riddle; eight great-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by four sisters, Caroleigh Jackson McElveen, Clyde Watt Hook, Wylma Watt Ridgeway and Edna Watt Touchberry; one brother, John A. Watt Sr.; and one stepbrother, William Singleton. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday in the Chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Pat Chandler officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. Pallbearers will be Craig Troublefield, Gee Richbourg, Jay Richbourg, Elliott Riddle, Mark Williams and Greyson Williams. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. on Monday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 867, Sumter, SC 29151. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386. [5, 6, 7, 9, 10] | |
| _UID | 8D58CF93024C4F94BE6C10D0EFE108AE08D8 | |
| Death | 31 Jul 2014 | at a local nursing center, (Sumter, South Carolina) |
| Burial | 4 Aug 2014 | Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina [7] |
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| Person ID | I54939 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 14 Aug 2020 | |
| Father | Elwyn Morgan WATT, Sr., b. 12 Mar 1885 d. 26 Oct 1960 (Age 75 years) | |
| Mother | Olivia Gertrude “Trudy” RIDGILL, b. 24 Nov 1887, Clarendon County, South Carolina d. 2 Feb 1928 (Age 40 years) | |
| Marriage | 1906 [11] | |
| _UID | 35C3909EC53E41819E47EDEC67D843012C52 | |
| _UID | 35C3909EC53E41819E47EDEC67D843012C52 | |
| Family ID | F39171 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | William Washington BENBOW, Jr., b. 1 Nov 1920, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 4 Sep 2005, Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 84 years) | |||||||
| _UID | 6EC14C4362F9495B8D860087218AD505DC9C | |||||||
| _UID | 6EC14C4362F9495B8D860087218AD505DC9C | |||||||
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| Family ID | F39180 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2026 | |||||||
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