Gail Elizabeth Rivenbark
1947 - 2019 (72 years)-
Name Gail Elizabeth Rivenbark [1] Born 25 Jan 1947 Rome, NY 
Gender Female Died 28 May 2019 Wilmington, NC Person ID I8330 My Genealogy Last Modified 3 Jan 2022
Father John Wesley Rivenbark, b. 21 Aug 1925, Duplin, NC , d. 23 May 2002, Wilmington, NC (Age 76 years) Relationship natural Mother Blanche Elizabeth Como, b. 26 Sep 1921, Ogdensburg, NY , d. 1 Jun 1982, Wilmington, NC (Age 60 years) Relationship natural Family ID F116 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Bobby Ray Benton, b. 8 Jul 1946, Wilmington, NC (Age 75 years) Married 31 May 1961 Children 1. Bobby Ray Benton, b. 26 Oct 1963, d. 4 Jan 2009, Chapel Hill, NC (Age 45 years) [natural]2. John Kevin Benton, b. 12 Jun 1966, Wilmington, NC (Age 56 years) [natural]Last Modified 3 Jan 2022 Family ID F1714 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Larry Moore Married 5 Jan 1994 SC - Divorced 15 Mar 1996
Last Modified 3 Jan 2022 Family ID F5315 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - - Gail Elizabeth Benton, a long-time resident of Wilmington, passed away Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 at her home. Born on January 25th, 1947 in Rome, NY, she was the second child of John and Betty Rivenbark. She earned her accounting degree from Cape Fear Commmunity College and utilized her degree for J.L. Jack Hydraulics Company and the New Hanover County Business Tax Office. Gail’s laugh filled up a room and there never was a better story teller. She was an encyclopedia of family lore and always had a pot of coffee waiting. Every gift she ever received was exactly what she needed and her favorite color was green. She loved the Bay at the South End, making her friends and family laugh, playing with her grandchildren and hosting at Christmas. In middle school at Tileston, underneath the gym, Gail would arrive early to shag dance with her classmates and she was truly gifted. It would be a talent that would be mentioned again and again when friends and family were asked to describe Gail’s youth. Gail was fiercely loyal, full of wit and loved her family with every ounce of her soul.
In additon to her parents, she is predeceased by her brothers, John W. Rivenbark III, John W. Rivenbark IV and her son Bobby Ray Benton, Jr. She is survived by her son John Kevin Benton (Barb), her grandchildren Jesse Hudson,Belinda Gail Benton and Courtney Benton, her great grandchildren Anthony, Angelo and Brock, and her baby sister, Denise Rivenbark Lewis, and many loved nephews and nieces.
Gail, Nanny, Aunt Gail, Sister, Mom, Friend. You were so much to so many and you will be so missed.
A memorial will be held at 11am on Friday June 7th at Wilmington Funeral and Cremation, 1535 South 41st Street, Wilmington, NC.
- - Gail Elizabeth Benton, a long-time resident of Wilmington, passed away Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 at her home. Born on January 25th, 1947 in Rome, NY, she was the second child of John and Betty Rivenbark. She earned her accounting degree from Cape Fear Commmunity College and utilized her degree for J.L. Jack Hydraulics Company and the New Hanover County Business Tax Office. Gail’s laugh filled up a room and there never was a better story teller. She was an encyclopedia of family lore and always had a pot of coffee waiting. Every gift she ever received was exactly what she needed and her favorite color was green. She loved the Bay at the South End, making her friends and family laugh, playing with her grandchildren and hosting at Christmas. In middle school at Tileston, underneath the gym, Gail would arrive early to shag dance with her classmates and she was truly gifted. It would be a talent that would be mentioned again and again when friends and family were asked to describe Gail’s youth. Gail was fiercely loyal, full of wit and loved her family with every ounce of her soul.
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Sources - [S8] Como-recore.FTW.
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