Mr. Benny Daden

March 19, 1943 - April 6, 2020

Services for Mr. Benny Daden will be held on Friday, April 10, 2020 at 1:00 P.M. at A. A. Dicks Funeral Home Sullivan Chapel, located 2548 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29201.. Mr. Benny Daden, was born on March 19, 1943 in Apopka, Florida, to the late Benny Brown and Ida Mae Durden Holmes. He transitioned to be with the Lord, on April 6, 2020 at his home. He was united in holy matrimony to Mary Alice Scott on August 23, 1963, and from this union, a child was born Maurice I. Daden. “Ben” and “Shorty” as he was affectionately known by family and friends, worked as a janitor Apopka Middle School for 20 years. In 1998, he and his family moved to Columbia, South Carolina. He was preceded in death by two children, Maurice Daden and Cassandra Brown. Those left to cherish his memories are: his wife, of 54 years, Mary A. Daden; a son, Lester James Savage, of Michigan; a daughter, Angela D. Paige, of the home; his sisters, Bobbie Pollock, of Zellwood, FL, Annie Mae Rollins, of Orlando, FL; his brothers, Johnnie Bradford, of Orlando, FL, Al Holmes, and Jeffrey Holmes, both of Apopka, FL; brother-in-law, Elliot Scott, Jr., of Columbia, SC; grandchildren, Malcolm Paige, Jeremy Paige, Kendrick Gray, LaKeshia Gray, Antoine Coley, Arlenda Savage, Kendra Gray; caregivers, Wendy Kelly, Barbara Samuel, Jessie Green, and Ann Huggins; and a host of other relatives and friends, all of whom will miss him dearly. Please leave the family your condolences and prayers. The Daden family, acknowledges with grateful appreciation, all of your kind expressions of love and sympathy. Thank you for helping us care for our families. A. A. Dicks, Sr. and Staff.