Gail L. Benson was born June 8, 1949, in Des Plaines, Illinois. She was the daughter of Arthur and Bernadine May Hockett. She married Edward Benson, June 21, 1985 in South Village, Illinois. She was employed as a waitress and moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from McHenry, Illinois in 2002. Gail Benson passed away at Hospice House, May 20, 2006, at the age of 56 years, 9 months and 12 days. Survivors: Husband of twenty-one years, Edward Benson, of Mountain Home, Arkansas; two sons, Russell Graham of Illinois and Marcel Graham of Doners Grove, Illinois; and two granddaughters Preceded in Death by: Her parents and sister Funeral: Private Memorials: Hospice of the Ozarks, 701 Burnett Drive, Mountain Home, AR 72653