Earl L Benjamin

Funeral Services for Earl Lawrence Ben Benjamin, 89 of Hughes Springs will 10 a.m. Monday November 25, 2013 at Reeder-Davis Funeral Home in Hughes Springs, with Rev. Heidi Cain officiating. Burial will follow at Cornett Cemetery, under the direction of Reeder-Davis Funeral Home of Hughes Springs. The McCain-Benjamin families will receive visitors on Sunday from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Ben was born January 12, 1924 in Perry, Michigan to Rex Benjamin & Angie Ann Miller Benjamin. He was one of 11 siblings. He served in the US Navy, aboard the USS Lexington, during WWII and was discharged in the summer of 1946 in Seattle, WA. Loving the west coast for several years, he worked in Washington and California in the timber and lumber industries, before moving to Texas in 1970. He eventually founded Lone Star Forrest Products, Pacific Studs of Texas, and A-Plus Tool and Die, located in Jefferson, TX. He owned and operated all until retiring in 2001 to relocate to Hughes Springs. He is preceded in death by his wife, Rachel McCain Benjamin; daughter and son-in-law, Christine and Harold Rudinger; one sister, Opal Hollister; four brothers: Carl Benjamin, Clark Benjamin, Miller Benjamin, and Oscar Benjamin. He is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Bunny Benjamin of Williamston, Michigan; two step-sons and daughters-in-law, Doug and Belinda McCain of Diana and Cliff and Charlotte McCain of Hughes Springs; step-daughter and husband, Carleen and Warren Dimick of Lansing, Michigan; step-daughter, Sheila McCain of Hughes Springs; 12 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren; one brother, Clayton Benjamin of North Carolina; three sisters: Myrna Richardson of North Carolina, Marion Fifer of Michigan, and Betty Schippell of California.