In Loving Memory of Annie Ruth Benjamin

A home-going celebration for Ms. Annie Ruth Benjamin who passed on October 10, 2025, will be held on Saturday, October 25, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 2511 E. Columbus Dr., Tampa, Florida with Rev. Larry Roundtree, Officiating.

Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to the service on Saturday October 25, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Interment will follow in Rest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery, 4615 E. Hanna Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33610.
Annie Ruth Benjamin was born on September 8, 1947, in Tampa, Florida to Sam and Louise Benjamin. Annie Ruth attended Middleton High School graduating in 1967. She continued her education at Florida A&M University where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Education. She
obtained employment in the Hillsborough County School system and worked for over 25 years until she retired. She found her joy and passion in working with elementary school children teaching them to read. After retirement she joined Seniors In Service as a Classroom Grandma further assisting children. She was a faithful member at her church New Mount Zion Missionary
Baptist Church for many years until her health failed.
Annie Ruth was never married and had no children but was instrumental in the lives of many. She dearly loved her only sister’s children Chellcyn, Shelby, and especially Lenora. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Annie Ruth is survived by her loving and caring Sister Harriet Ellington, Nephew Shelby (Ben) Weaver: Nieces: Chellcyn (Dawn) Weaver and husband Richard, and Lenora Weaver devoted caregiver; Grand Niece
Cieyerra Weaver; Grand Nephews: Rysaan Weaver and KhenyenWeaver: Cousins: Paul Creal
(Annie Lois), Ernest Creal (Ida), James Creal (Lynn): Rudean Creal, The Stokes Family, The Hollingshed Family, The Page Family and a host of other relatives and friends including Thaddeus and Cynthia Jones and devoted friends Martha and Tiffany Hickman.

A SERVICE OF INTEGRITY