GLADEWATER MEMORIAL PARK - UPSHUR COUNTY GLADEWATER - Graveside services for Bernice Marie Dant Benningfield, 73, of Big Sandy, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at Gladewater Memorial Park, with Frank Parsons officiating. Arrangements are by Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater. Ms. Benningfield died April 3, 2011. She was born April 11, 1937, in Calhoun, Ky., she retired from the Union County Kentucky school system in 1993 and moved to Big Sandy. She was preceded in death by husband, Donald Ray; grandson, Cole Atteberry; four brothers, William A. Dant, Ishmael Dant, Eugene Dant and Kenneth Dant. Her unwavering devotion and belief in God will continue to be an inspiration to everyone blessed to have known her. Published in Longview News-Journal 4-5-2011