Peggy Annah Mitchell Benson, of Pinson, passed peacefully on March 27, 2026. Funeral services were 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, at Shackelford Funeral Home (Casey Chapel) in Henderson with Bro. Jimmy Dyer officiating. Burial followed at Big Springs United Methodist Church. The family received friends from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday March 31 and from noon-2 p.m. before the funeral. The family wishes to give special thanks to caregivers Sheila Mosley, Valerie Ingram, Vivian Drain and Patti Duke as well as the staff at Arbors of Dogwood Pointe in Milan. In lieu of flowers, she requested donations be made to her two favorite children’s charities, St. Jude Research Hospital and the Shriners Hospital.
She was born on June 2, 1939, to the late Clifford Leroy and Flora Annah Morris Mitchell. She was raised primarily in Haywood and Crockett counties and moved to Bemis as a girl. She attended both J.B. Young and South Side High School before meeting and marrying Robert “Doomer” Benson on July 5, 1957, when she moved to Pinson to make their home and raise her family, a job from which she never retired.
She was an avid birdwatcher and looked forward to the arrival of her hummingbirds every spring. She loved sunsets, NASCAR and tending to her many flower beds. A natural born nurturer, she was known throughout her community for her green thumb and her annual summer garden. She was a faithful friend to many and a devoted member of Pinson United Methodist Church, but as Nana-in-Chief, in her eyes, her family was her legacy.
She is survived by her best friend and faithful husband of 68 years, Doomer Benson; her son, Randy (Kim) Benson of Woodville; her grandchildren, Ryan and Lori Benson of Pinson, Reid Benson of Nashville and Conlee (Tyler Youmans) Benson of Jackson; her beloved great-grandchildren, Luke and Ty Benson, Emery Youmans and Nyla and Ivy Rundlett; brother, Joe (Cynthia) Mitchell of Jackson; and granddaughter-in-love, Allison (West) Rundlett of Memphis.
She was preceded in death by her brothers, Roy Neal, Danny Arthur and Roger Dale Mitchell; and her beloved sister, Rosa Lee Mitchell Warren
