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The funeral service has been postponed until<\/span><\/p>\n

1:00 p.m. Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 6, 1938\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 January 12, 2018<\/p>\n

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Richard Allen Benningfield, 79, passed away peacefully at home with his family on Friday, January 12, 2018 following a long battle with cancer.<\/p>\n

Richard was born in Campbellsville, Kentucky on April 6, 1938.\u00a0 He worked to put himself through college and ultimately became a teacher. He taught high school for 33 years at schools in Hardin County (KY), Florida, and Glasgow.\u00a0 Most of his years were spent at Glasgow High School, where he taught English to generations of Glasgow students. He was an amazing, gifted educator who impacted the lives of his students both inside and outside the classroom.\u00a0 The Kentucky writer Jesse Stuart wrote that \u201cI am firm in my belief that a teacher lives on and on through his students.\u00a0 Good teaching is forever, and the teacher is immortal.\u201d\u00a0 This is true of Richard.
\nAs a member of the Glasgow Baptist Church, Richard was also proud of his Christian and democratic values.\u00a0 He believed strongly in treating people fairly and equally regardless of their race, background, or economic situation.\u00a0 He had a wit and wisdom and kindness that always shone through to the people around him.\u00a0 And he loved his Kentucky Wildcats.<\/p>\n

Richard is preceded in death by his mother, Lily Campbell Harding and his two brothers, Bobby Benningfield and George Harding.\u00a0 He is survived by his wife, Betty Breeding Benningfield, and his three beloved children and their spouses, John Benningfield (Jackie Simpson Benningfield), Brack Benningfield (Michelle Smith Benningfield), and
\nMeg Benningfield Blevins (John Forbes Blevins).\u00a0 He also adored his four grandchildren:\u00a0 Drew Benningfield, Emily Benningfield, Anne Porter Blevins, and Richard Benningfield Blevins (Ben). He is also survived by a brother, David Harding of Campbellsville.<\/p>\n

Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m. Thursday at the Hatcher & Saddler Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Columbia City Cemetery at 3:30 p.m. Visitation will be from 7:00 a.m. Thursday until time for services at the funeral home. Alternate expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to the American Heart Association or to St. Jude\u2019s Childrens Research Hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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