Anna Rosetta Benton

BARCLAY, MD - Anna Rosetta Benton, died Friday, May 29, 2009, in her home. She was 84. Anna Rosetta Benton was born Nov. 29, 1924 in Millington, Md., the daughter of the late John Cooper Dixon and Myrtle King Dixon. Mrs. Benton worked as a machine operator for Latex International in Dover for 30 years and retired in 1985. Mrs. Benton enjoyed raising chickens and ducks, traveling, puzzles, working in her flower and vegetable garden, and canning her vegetables. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin Franklin Benton; six brothers; three sisters; and one grandson, Robert Benton Jr. She is survived by two daughters, Roseanna E. Maust of Barclay, Md., and Shirley Lee of Ingleside, Md.; three sons, Harold Benton of Crumpton, Md., Johnny F. Benton of Greensboro, Md., and Robert C. Benton of Dover; two brothers, William Lewis Dixon of Felton, and Samuel Dixon of Townsend; one sister, Margaret Dorothy Rash of Willow Grove; 14 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and one great-greatgrandchild. Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, May 31, 2009 at Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, 370 Cypress St., Millington, Md. Friends may call one hour prior. Interment will be in Asbury Cemetery, Millington, Md. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be sent to Hospice of Queen Anne's County, 255 Comet Dr., Centreville, MD 21617. Arrangements by Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home. www.fhnfuneralhome.com.