Wansie M. Benson

Mrs. Wansie M. Benson, 87, of Hollow Rock, Tennessee died Saturday, March 22, 2025 at Baptist Reynolds Hospice House in Collierville.

Funeral services were Thursday, March 27, 2025  in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home. Interment was in the Prospect Cemetery. Dr. Craig Jordan will officiate the service. 

Mrs. Benson was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Bates Benson, her parents Vernon Guthrie Medlin and Cleo Nell Medlin, her in-laws Bates and Margaret Benson, her brother Jerry Medlin, and niece Cary Medlin. She attended Bethel College before moving to Memphis in the late 50’s. She began working for Memphis Light Gas & Water where she met Marvin. After they got married, she left MLGW to stay at home and raise Phillip and Sharon. She later worked part-time at Emery Air Freight. Once Marvin retired from MLGW, they moved to their farm in Hollow Rock and together built their dream home. She was a member of Huntingdon First United Methodist Church. She was an excellent seamstress, loved to crochet, fabulous cook, and so enjoyed her mystery novels.

She leaves behind two children, Sharon Fletcher (James) of Cordova, TN, and Phillip Benson (Cathy) of Horn Lake, MS; and six grandchildren, Anna Favazza, Valerie Favazza, Luigi Favazza, Danielle Benson, Chris Taylor, Lauren Taylor; and five great-grandchildren, Mya Favazza, Wyatt Benson, Keri Watson, Ben Taylor and Lainey Cate Taylor.

Her family meant the world to her, and as her family, we loved her so very much. She was the best Mom and Granny anyone could ever have, and we will deeply miss her.