She was born on Nov. 18, 1958, in Searcy, the daughter of Homer and Carolyn Harrison Elliott.
She was united in marriage to Randy Don Benson on June 30, 1995, in Piggott.
Mrs. Benson was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Piggott. She was employed as the office supervisor for the University of Arkansas Extension Service in Piggott.
Survivors include her husband, Randy Don Benson of Holcomb; two daughters, Jennifer Nicole Ward and Michael of Friendship, Mo., and Jackie Lynn Taff and Josh of St. Louis; her parents, Homer and Carolyn Elliott of Searcy; one sister and brother-in-law, Debbie and Jerald Parker of Kennett; and two grandchildren, Joslin Nicole Ward of Friendship, Mo., and Lucas Robert Taff of St. Louis.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 18, 2006, at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Piggott with Bro. Kevin Murray officiating. Burial followed in Memorial Gardens in Kennett.
Bradshaw Funeral Homes Inc. of Kennett was in charge of the arrangements.


