Robert Benford

Robert Darron Benford was born May 28, 1966, in Nashville, Tennessee to Ella Mai Benford and Robert Jackson. This life came to an end on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at Creekside Rehab Center in Madison, Tennessee.

He accepted Christ at an early age. He received his formal education in Metro Nashville Davidson County Schools, graduating from Glencliff High School.

After high school he was employed by Ross Detailing Shop for more than 25 years.

Robert was preceded in death by his parents, Ella Mae Benford and Robert Jackson and sisters, Sandra and Jackie Benford.

He leaves to cherish his memories; his daughter, Janiece Lewter, brothers, Larry, Kerry (Pamela), Anthony (Geraldine), Alfred and Gregory Benford, sisters, Tracie Benford and Melissa (James) Burns, uncle, Otto Benford, Selma, AL., aunts, Mary Fleming, Birmingham, Al, Eliza Jordan, Louisville, Ky., Charlie Mae Robinson, Sardis, Al., Ida Robinson, Bronx, NY., Irmai Monette (Glenn Allen, Va., Savannah Benford, Devoted friends, Leo Eubanks, Michael Buford, Keith Armstrong and Robert Moe a host of other relatives and friends.