Charles Franklin Benefiel was born to Wilma Mae Drennan Benefiel and Carl Franklin Benefiel in Pampa, Texas on June 30, 1924. He died on June 10, 2008 in Waco, Texas at a local hospital. Services were held at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors in Waco, Texas at 4 p.m., Thursday, June 12, 2008. He was buried in Fairview Cemetery in Pampa, Texas beside his mother and father.