Lela Benfield Cogdill
October 31, 1912 ~ March 11, 2008
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Asheville Butterfly Trail
Lela Benfield Cogdill, 95, of Asheville, died Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at the John F. Keever Hospice Solace Center.
A native of Clarksville, GA, Mrs. Cogdill was a daughter of the late Newton and Oma Jamerson Benfield. She was also preceded in death by ten brothers and sisters.
Mrs. Cogdill is survived by her husband, Julius M. Cogdill; daughter, Sue Greene and husband Roger, of Charlotte; son, Harold Cogdill and wife Jean, of Asheville; four grandchildren, Sharon, Penny, Rusty, and Julie; and three great-grandchildren, Timmy, Michael, and Nicole.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday at Enka Baptist Church with the Rev. Ron Brown officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.
Memorials may be made to Enka Baptist Church, P.O. Box 219, Enka, NC 28728.
May Lela find peace that she deserves. The whole family is in our thoughts and prayers.
Love, Larry, Tonya, Katherine
MY PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU TONI (NEIGHBOR TO JULIE AND PENNY)
Penny, tender blessings to you and your precious family. I will be thinking of you ‘from afar’ … will be in Dallas next week. Your words were always so kind regarding your grandparents. My sympathy and love.
Aunt Lela’ was a wonderful person and the love and care she gave to her family was never ending.
Danny and Kaleb enjoyed their time with her and she always welcomed them both with loving arms.
Uncle Jules – you and Aunt Lela had unconditional love for each other – something that is rare these days –
Grandmother, Our Family has been so blessed with your life and everything you have been to myself and my boys, we will love and miss you always. Thank everyone for thinking of our family in such a trying time. Penny
Tim and Family,
My deepest thoughts and prayers are with you always.
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.
~From a headstone in Ireland
To all the Cogdill family. Our prayers and thoughts are with you. Friends and neighbors like Lela and Julias can never be replaced. May the Lord give you special comfort and strength during this time.
Rusty, I am so sorry for your loss. Please know I am keeping you and your family in my prayers.
Mrs. Cogdill was a very sweet woman. In the many years I attended Enka Baptist Church, she was always so nice to everyone. Sue, Rusty & Julie….you are in my prayers.
I am so sorry for your loss. With deepest sympathy.
Lisa Proffitt
Blessings and prayers to the family of this special, precious woman.
Aunt Lela was such a wonderful person and we will miss her so much. She would always put a smile on your face and has always been like a mother to us. Our prays are with the whole family.
My memories of LELA COGDILL, was not to use that name but as all the children used, ‘MA’. She had her arms wide open when she and ‘PA’ welcomed me into their family. My memories of her are all good except for all the suffering she had with pain. She had great strength and dignity along with a great deal of love. I loved her and will miss her. But she is not suffering any more. Love you ‘MA’
Did’t know Mrs. Cogdill as well as others but knew her through Sue and Roger Greene. I know she always asked about us when she talked to Roger and Sue. I know she will missed. God Bless Her.