Edna Catherine (Davis) Benedict

Newton Grove,

Edna Catherine Benedict, 69, of 135 Heart Pine Lane, Newton Grove, passed away Sunday, August 8,  2021 Select Specialty Hospital in Durham NC.

Funeral service will be held at 11 AM Thursday, August 12th at  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with President Alfred Tyndall officiating.  A walk-through viewing will be held from 1 PM – 7 PM, and visitation with family present from 5 PM – 7 PM,  Wednesday, August 11th at Crumpler-Honeycutt Funeral Home, 118 Fayetteville St., Clinton, NC. 

Edna, born in 1952 in Philadelphia, PA, was the daughter of the late Edna Catherine Bonneville Davis and Albert Franklin Davis.  She was a driver for the Philadelphia Public Transportation System and attended The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her sister, Suzanne Davis.

Survivors include; children, Karen Lynn Acosta, Christopher Geist, Jeffrey Geist, Rebecca Lynn Carter and Richard Benedict; and siblings, Albert Franklin Davis, Jr, Virginia Garnett and David Scott Annis; 15 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.crumpler-honeycutt.com.

To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Edna Catherine (Davis) Benedict, please visit our floral store.