John W. Benson, 93, passed away July 3, 2024, in Gun Barrel City. He was born Sept. 11, 1930, in Brooklyn, N.Y. to parents Horace and Louisa Benson. John’s life was full of many adventures. He was husband, father, salesman, co-owner of Metroplex Sales Co. with wife Wanda and an Air Force pilot trainer. 
Having grown up living by a lake it was a dream of his to live on a lake again with his family. John, Wanda and kids moved from Irving to Cedar Creek Lake. 
John always had a boat to take all of us joy riding or water skiing on the lake. Summer family gatherings had him barbecuing everything he could pull out of the refrigerator. 
Relaxing on the deck with Wanda watching the grandkids playing in the lake was a favorite time. Every year John and Wanda made it a point to watch the migrating cormorant’s fishing on the lake.
John was preceded by his parents.
He is survived by daughters Barbara Seastrunk and husband Bruce of Clayton, Okla., Susan Benson of Schertz and  Cathie Stringer and husband Dale of Forney, sons Bruce Benson and girlfriend Kathy Kelley of Trinidad and Chris Benson and wife Marietza of Ben Wheeler, sisters-in-law Wilma Sutherland, Nita Pippins, Diane Rowe and Edith Giles, grandsons Seth Seastrunk and wife Angela, Caleb Seastrunk and fiancé DeLana Mullins, Robert Warman, Richard Warman, Ryan Warman and wife Hayley, Dalton Stringer and wife Liz, Brandon Stringer and wife Hollie and Drew Benson and wife Alexis, granddaughters Camerine Johnson and husband Robert, Anja Habib and husband Paul and Sarah Smith and husband Ben, 19 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, family and friends.