Ms. Eloice Washington Benjamin Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Ms. Eloice Benjamin of Gaston, SC will be held on Wednesday January 28, 2015 at 12 noon from Friendship Baptist Church, 1237 House Street, Columbia. Interment to follow in the Elmwood Cemetery. Public viewing will be held on Tuesday January 27, 2015 from 12 noon to 8:00 p.m. at A. A. Dicks Funeral Home. Ms. Benjamin entered into rest on Saturday January 24, 2015 at Lexington Medical Center. A. A. Dicks Funeral Home Sullivan Chapel, 2548 Main Street, Columbia is in charge of these arrangements. Ms. Benjamin was born September 25, 1947 in Blackville, South Carolina. She was the eldest child of the late Deacon and Deaconess James and Edith Washington. Mrs. Benjamin received her primary education at Lakeview High School and later earned a B.S. Degree in Business Administration at Benedict College. Mrs. Benjamin was employed as a Food Nutritionist at Fort Jackson's Moncrief Hospital for over 30 years. Mrs. Benjamin was a loyal member of Friendship Baptist Church where she was a devout Bible study student and an extraordinary Sunday school teacher. She adored her church family and she visited the sick until her health failed. Eloice was preceded in death by her wonderful parents, Deacon and Deaconess James and Edith Washington. Mrs. Benjamin leaves to cherish precious memories: a loving daughter, Sandra D. Cravens (Michael, Sr.) of San Antonio, Texas; four grandchildren, Michael, Jr., Mark, Malachai and Jamila Cravens; two great grandchildren, Anabelle Rose and Jordan Cravens all of San Antonio, Texas; four sisters, Elease (Bennie) Sulton, Evangelist Joann Corbitt of Spartanburg, South Carolina, Marie Jackson and Cathy Washington; three brothers, Eugene (Gloria) Washington, Michael Washington, and Randolph Washington of College Park, Georgia; loving uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews and cousins, and a host of other relatives and friends.

Ms. Eloice Washington Benjamin

September 25, 1947 - January 24, 2015