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Arcina Christina Benn-White

Chester, PA

January 29, 1929 - March 8, 1998

Jan 29, 1929 - Mar 8, 1998

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ARCINA CHRISTINA BENN-WHITE, THE FOURTH CHILD OF THE LATE OSCAR AND SARAH BISHOP WAS BORN IN HAVRE DE GRACE, MARYLAND, JANUARY 29, 1929. SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS ON SUNDAY MARCH 8, 1998.

ARCINA WAS ONE OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN BORN TO OSCAR AND SARAH BISHOP. SHE WAS EDUCATED IN THE MARYLAND SCHOOL SYSTEM LOCATED IN HAVRE DE GRACE. ARCINA WAS REARED IN A LOVING, CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT. AT AN EARLY AGE SHE JOINED ST. JAMES A.M.E. CHURCH, GRAVEL HILL, MARYLAND.

ARCINA WAS JOINED IN HOLY MATRIMONY TO HERMAN BENN SR. AND LATER TO BENJAMIN WHITE JR. SHE AND HERMAN BENN SR. HAD THREE CHILDREN: DEBORAH, HERMAN JR. , AND SARAHIA.

ARCINA WAS EMPLOYED AS A DOMESTIC ENGINEER AT VARIOUS HOTELS IN DELAWARE COUNTY. SHE RESIDED IN DELAWARE COUNTY FOR 28 YEARS, PRIOR TO THAT SHE RESIDED IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, AND BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

ARCINA WAS AN AMICABLE, GENEROUS, HARDWORKING, AND LOVING PERSON. SHE LOVED HER FAMILY AND PEOPLE IN GENERAL. ALL THAT KNEW HER, LOVED HER IN RETURN. SOME OF HER FAVORITE TO DOES WERE COOKING, WATCH SOAP OPERAS, LISTENING TO A VARIETY OF SECULAR AND GOSPEL MUSIC, AND RELAXING IN MARYLAND WITH HER FAMILY. SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.

SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY A LOVING HUSBAND BENJAMIN WHITE; THREE CHILDREN', DEBORAH BENN, HERMAN BENN JR. OF CHESTER, PA, AND SARAHIA BENN OF JARRETrSVILLE, MD; FIVE SISTERS: CELESTE JAMISON. CHESTER, PA, GERALDINE HAGUE, HAVRE DE GRACE, MD, ALBERTA PURNELL, CAMBRIDGE, MD, GRACE BOND, JARRETTSVILLE, MD. AND DOROTHY HALL, BALTIMORE, MD; FOUR BROTHERS: OSCAR BISHOP, EDGEWOOD, MD, EUGENE BISHOP, CHURCHVILLE, MD, ALBERT BISHOP, Los ANGELES, CA, AND RONALD BISHOP, HAVRE DE GRACE, MD: THREE GRANDCHILDREN VENICE QUEEN, NATASHA ROOKS, AND KHALIL BENN ALL OF CHESTER, PA; TWO GREATORANDCHILDREN: JAQUAN AND JAMIL QUEEN, OF CHESTER. PA; SEVERAL AUNTS AND UNCLES, COUSINS; ONE BROTHER-INLAW, SEVEN SISTERS-IN-LAW, AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES, AND NUMEROUS FRIENDS.

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