Laverne Benton

Mchenry

Peggy Laverne Cannon Benton, 83, of Thomasville, passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at Archbold Medical Center. Funeral Services will be held at Whiddon Shiver Funeral Home on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 11:00 am with Rev. Mike Allen officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service from 10:00 am – 11:00 am in the funeral home Chapel. She will be laid to rest at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be; JR Benton, TJ Benton, Clint Walker, George Cannon, Gary Smith, and Perry Benton. Peggy was born in Pavo, GA on October 15, 1940 to the late Ellis Cannon and Laura Lee Reid Cannon. She married Hayden "Mack" McHenry in 2005 in Thomasville, who preceded her in death. She owned Laverne's Beauty Shop where she worked as a Cosmetologist for over 50 years. She was a member of Northside Baptist Church and the Red Hatters Club. Survivors include; her sons, Charles Donald Benton, Jr. (Linda) of Coolidge, GA, Anthony Ray Benton "Tony" of Thomasville, and Terry Duane Benton of Thomasville, sister, Dorothy Peters of La Grange, GA, 11 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by; brothers, Charles Cannon, Leslie Cannon, George Cannon, Grady Cannon, and her former husband, Charles Donald Benton, Sr. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Northside Baptist Church – 1601 Glenwood Dr., Thomasville, GA 31792.