Sarah Virginia Marchbank Bendure

Sarah Virginia Marchbank Bendure -GRAY - Sarah Virginia Marchbank Bendure, 86, died Thursday, February 2, 2012. A memorial service will be held at 2P.M., Sunday, February 5, 2012 at Clinton United Methodist Church, with Rev. Ricky Varnell and Rev. Jason Wade officiating. Mrs. Bendure will be buried at Sunset Hills Cemetery in North Canton, Ohio. -Mrs. Bendure was born on June 6, 1925, in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, and was the daughter of the late John Crawford Marchbank and Ruth King Marchbank. She was retired from Nickles Bakery in Navarre, Ohio, after thirty years of service. Mrs. Bendure was an active member of Clinton United Methodist Church, where she participated in many activities including the "Vintage Singers." She was a wonderful seamstress and shared her gift with family and friends. She was also a member of the Ladies of the Red Hat Society. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Bendure was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas E. Bendure, Sr.; brothers, William Marchbank, John Marchbank, Jr. and Fred Marchbank; daughters, Christine Garzanich and Sandy Goolsby; and by a great-granddaughter, Mary Grace Clark. -Mrs. Bendure is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas E. and Fran Bendure, Jr., of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, and Paul and Kathy Bendure of Massillon, Ohio; sons-in-law, Thomas Garzanich of Boardman, Ohio, and Jim Goolsby of Gray, Georgia; sisters, Ruth A. Marchbank of Eads, Tennessee, and Elizabeth Helen Yoder of Navarre, Ohio; and by nine grandchildren and twenty-one great-grandchildren. -In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to either the American Cancer Society, Post Office Box 4406, Macon, Georgia 31208 or to Clinton United Methodist Church, Post Office Box 416, Gray, Georgia 31032. -The family may be contacted at the residence at 104 Savannah Drive in Gray. -Bridges Funeral Home and Crematory in Gray has charge of arrangements. -Please visit the online memorial at www.bridgesfh.com.