Calvin Benfield

Mr. Calvin Elmer "High Beam" Benfield, 71, of Kannapolis, passed away on Saturday, July 10, 2010 at Tucker Hospice House. He was born December 28, 1938 in Cabarrus County to the late Rosa Lee Meismer Benfield. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at Hartsell Funeral Home, Concord from 9:30 until 10:45 am. The service immediately follows in the Chapel at 11:00 am with the Rev. Joey Spry of Fisher Street First Baptist Church and Rev. Eric Burris officiating. Interment will be at Cabarrus Memorial Gardens. The family meeting place will be the home at 303 Odell Street, Kannapolis. Calvin worked in the trucking industry since 1967 and retired as a driver for Winn Dixie in 2002. He was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He is preceeded in death by his mother; and a brother, Gaither Benfield, who was from Kannapolis. He is survived by wife, Ann Kesler Benfield and great-granddaughter, Alyssa Wood of the home; sister, Kathleen Myers of Baltimore, MD; daughters, Bonnie Estef and husband, Wink, of Concord, Debbie Eutsler and husband, Robert, of Salisbury, Deana Burris and husband, Eric of Concord, Trina Culler and husband, Mike, of Mt. Pleasant; step-children, Keith, Rhonda, Perry, and Conway Kesler and April Funderburke; 20 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081.