Mary Louise Benson of Beverly Hills, FL passed away at Bayfront Medical Center at Seven Rivers in Crystal River, FL on March 4, 2020 at the age of 88. Mary was born to the late Lewis and Lena (Claiborne) Patterson on May 24, 1931 in Nashville, TN.
On January 20, 1950 she married, Andrew Nathaniel Benson, with whom she shared 45 years of loving marriage until his passing on January 24, 1995. A Christian by faith, Mary was the head cook for the First Church of the Nazarene in Nashville, TN. She also cooked for the mission team when they traveled to Trinidad. Mary did enjoying traveling and had visited Alaska, Hawaii and New England. She moved to Citrus County in 2007 from Nashville to be closer to her family.
Those left to mourn Mary’s passing include her son, Michael Benson and his wife Deborah; daughter, Vereena Jane Bohlin; four grandchildren, six great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. In addition to her husband, Andrew Nathaniel Benson, Mary was preceded in death by her daughter, Mary Ann Phelps on August 14, 2005; her brother, Merril Patterson; and her sister, Gracie Smith.
Mary will be laid to rest at Spring Hill Cemetery in Nashville, TN at a later date. Cremation care by the Chas E. Davis Funeral Home with Crematory, Inverness, FL.
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