Obituaries

In Memoriam: Virginia Benton Oliver Bearden, 93, of Mableton

The family will receive friends 1 – 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 11, 2014 at White Columns Chapel in Mableton. Graveside Services will be held at 2 pm at Mount Harmony Baptist Churchyard.

The following obituary was submitted by White Columns Funeral Chapels.

Virginia "Ginny" Benton Oliver Bearden, age 93, of Palmetto, formerly of Mableton, passed away early in the morning of Tuesday, April 9, 2014 at Fairburn Health Care Center in Fairburn, Georgia.

Mrs. Bearden was born to Robert Tyson Benton and Jewel Miller Benton on May 28, 1920 in Fulton County, Georgia. She was a longtime member of Mount Harmony Baptist Church and a homemaker.

She is preceded in death by her first husband, Matt Oliver and her second husband, Lester Bearden. She is survived by her sister, Louise "Peggy" Davis of Villa Rica; close friends, Sarah & Bobby Couch of Cumming; and many nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Friday, April 11, 2014 at White Columns Chapel in Mableton. Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 pm at Mount Harmony Baptist Churchyard with Rev. Doug Couch officiating. Interment will follow.

Condolences may be made at: www.genedavisfuneralhome.com.


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