This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JWatson9552 Surnames: BENISON Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.solano/923.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Following is a transcript of an obituary from the January 5, 1958 issue of the Vallejo Times-Herald: "Thomas Benison Taken By Death VACAVILLE -- Thomas Ar- thur Benison, 71, a Vacaville resident for the past three years, died in a Fairfield hos- pital yesterday afternoon after a lengthy illness. Until his retirement, Mr. Ben- ison was a night engineer at the Ford Motor Company in Richmond, where he was em- ployed 24 years. He was a na- tive of Mississippi. Mr. Benison is survived by his wife, Minnie; two sons, Roy, of Vacaville, and Donald, of Oakland; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Mildred Gomer, of Vaca- ville, Mrs. Thelma McNames and Mrs. Irene Reynolds, both of San Francisco, and a sister, Daisy Benison, of Mississippi. Funeral services for Mr. Beni- son will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the McCune Garden Chapel here, with the Rev. Max Phelps, of the Vacaville First Baptist church, officiating. In- terment will follow in the Vaca- ville-Elmira cemetery." Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.