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Ann Benes Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Mar. 28, 2015.

Ann McCarthy Benes age 64 of Nashville passed away Thursday, March 26, 2015. Ann was a graduate of Peabody, where she received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. She was a member of the Phi Theta Epsilon Sorority. Ann worked for over 30 years at both the State of Tennessee as a supervisor with D.D.S. and the Pancake Pantry. She truly loved her animals and will be missed by everyone who knew her. Preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Eleanor McCarthy; husband, Frankie Benes. Survived by her sister, Mary McCarthy; brother, Thomas McCarthy; special friends, Kaye Rackard, Janice Bush and Kim Joseph.



Family and friends will gather Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from five o’clock until eight o’clock in the evening at Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home. The funeral mass will be held Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at Christ the King Catholic Church beginning at ten-thirty in the morning with entombment to follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cross Mausoleum. Memorial contributions may be made to Murphy Road Animal Hospital Fund, 4408 Murphy Rd. Nashville, TN 37209.



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April 9, 2015

Dear Mary & Tom and family......We were so sorry to hear about the loss of your sister Ann. We remember growing up with you all and Ann was always so kind and thoughtful to us. She was a special soul. We are sorry for your loss and send our thoughts and prayers to you.
Sincerely,
The Pambianchi Family

April 6, 2015

Christine Chambers

I knew Ann for 35 years. She was a dear friend and valued colleague. She was one of the funniest and kindest people I ever met. She and I worked very well together, and on many occasions, we had to cobble together a reason for allowing a case when there was no listing or POMS to cover a particular situation. It gave us great pleasure to work on cases like this--even the ones she called, "a rip-roaring mess"! She was always an advocate for the claimant. She was a staunch supporter of her staff and her colleagues.
She was a consummate trainer. She did her alma mater proud--she was a living example of the fine teachers graduated by what was then known as George Peabody College for Teachers. We will never forget her at the Tennessee DDS.
I will love and miss her forever.

April 2, 2015

Margaret Keathley

My deepest sympathies. Ann was such a smart woman and she was a good friend to my mother and me.

April 2, 2015

Sheila Romines

I am so sorry for your loss.
I still can't believe it. I was in vocational training with Ann last Wednesday and she imparted her vast knowledge in her usually witty self.
She was my supervisor for several years (my daughter called her the 'little boss')in the training region and I learned alot from her. She was instrumental in setting up our fabulous Training Region in our current building. She really did enjoyed training but hated to stand up front with a microphone. She much preferred to walk up and down the center aisle so she could relate to the staff.

She was definitely Ms Policy. No one could hold a candle to Ann. I don't know how we will fill her shoes.

Ann - as you can see with all of these wonderful messages, you were loved and will be greatly missed.

April 1, 2015

Eddie Jones

To the family:

Ann and I worked together in the DDS for many years. I retired in May 2014. At my retirement Ann told me she was also considering retirement. Her passing saddens me greatly. I found her to be very capable and serious in every aspect of her work; and at the sametime brought humor and fun into the daily work routine. She also had a superb ability to teach and explain the ongoing policy/case processing changes in the DDS. My prayers and thoughts are with the family. May God give you strength to carry on during this difficult period.

April 1, 2015

Wanda Webb, DDS co-worker

To Ann's family I send my deepest sympathy. Her absence, I know, will be a major loss to the family as it is to her friends and her DDS Family. When I came to work at DDS in 1999, Ann was so helpful to me. I loved her sense of humor, her feisty nature and her sense of fairness. She never picked favorites and treated all the same and I admire that tremendously. I also was awed by that memory of hers....because it was AWESOME. I am so sorry I could not attend visitation but I do want her family to know that I personally will miss her very much at DDS. She leaves a void that will be difficult to fill and that is because of her particular knowledge, bubbling personality, and dedication to accuracy and fairness. May she rest in peace, I hope united with her beloved Frankie and her pets, and may warm memories comfort you.

April 1, 2015

Beverly Birdsong

Mary and Tom, I am deeply sorry for your tragic loss. You can be very proud of your big sister. Ann's life was entirely about service. Along her way, she passionately taught and guided all of us at TN DDS to deliver the best possible services. Ann spoke P.O.M.S. fluently as a second language and inspired that in all. She also provided many memorable DDS moments with her lively rhetoric. I have known Ann for 45 years and still marveled at her uniqueness. Ann was, in short (pun intended), the glue that held the intricately woven DDS together. Rest in well-deserved Peace, old friend.

April 1, 2015

Dianne HinesDalton

To the family, I'm so sorry for your loss. Know that Ann was truly loved by many and will be missed enormously. God bless, Dianne HinesDalton -DDS coworker

March 31, 2015

Penny Dahl

To fill her shoes at the DDS, well I am not sure that can be done. She will be remembered for her spunk, her capabilities, and her success at work. She had a tenacity to get things done right. She loved her animals and her Disney figurines that were all over her office desk. She will be missed.

March 31, 2015

Beverly Maxwell

"Ann said". Those two words marked the resolution to countless work-related problems/issues/debates throughout the years at DDS. Ann was whip-smart about her job yet she did not diminish or condescend when answering (what likely seemed to her) dumb questions!

Nothing at work will ever be the same without Ann and what "Ann said".

March 31, 2015

Norma Calway-Fagen

I did not know Ann personally but knew her through work and occasional Pancake Pantry forays. Ann was one of those people you couldn't help but like: kind, smart, a straight shooter, and very funny. You just knew she was "good people."

March 31, 2015

R. Kent Meadows

Ann was our supervisor in the QA Unit from 1999-2001. She treated us like we were her own (adult) children. We all loved her dearly. She had excellent people skills. She was brilliant. She never stopped teaching, and I learned much from her. I enjoyed continuing to see her when she would come down to the Regional Office in Atlanta. We will all miss her.

March 31, 2015

Although I have been gone from DDS for some time all of my time there involve many memories of Ann. She is someone who touched lives. When she was my supervisor I knew that she cared about me as a person and when I became a supervisor she was always available for advice and to help me see what was possible. She will live on in all of our memories and in the memories of others because I know we each have our favorite memories involving Ann that we've told others thereby spreading her warm,loving and occasionally tongue in cheek nature. Diana B. Embler

March 30, 2015

Ronnie Allsbrooks

Ann and I worked many years together at DDS and became good friends. Prior to my retirement, she was my supervisor and was a joy to work for. She will be greatly missed.

March 30, 2015

I am so very sorry to hear of the premature loss of Ann. I only knew her through my work at SSA in Woodlawn, Maryland, but found her to be a considerate, conscientous, and caring person. I will miss her.
Barbara A. Cochran, M.D.

March 30, 2015

Laura Clark

Ann-I have 10 emails today that I can't answer and my ongoing Ann file does not cover these subjects. I suspect you are smiling down on me about this right now. I am lost, not just professionally but personally. I just said to a coworker we have lost a rudder to our ship and I will miss her laugh and that spitfire personality we know and love. You left us all too soon.

March 30, 2015

Floydia Johnson

Ann was a dear co-worker, trainer and mentor for more than 20 years here at DDS. She will be greatly missed. She is irreplaceable. There was truly no one like her.

March 30, 2015

Ms. Phyllis Y. Woods

Blessings To The Family,
In the cross, in the cross,
Be my glory ever,
Till my raptured soul shall find,
Rest, beyond the river.....

March 30, 2015

Mary and Tom I am so sorry for your loss you are in my thought and prayers. Margi Mc Devitt

March 30, 2015

Jo Ann Summers

Condolences from the MS DDS.

March 30, 2015

Ed McDevitt

Mary and Tom, Sorry to hear of the passing of Ann. You are all in my prayers. Ed McDevitt

March 30, 2015

Martha E. Mays

Ann was a dear friend and mentor during the over thirty years we worked together at the DDS. I am saddened by her passing and will treasure the memory of Ann in my life. My thoughts and prayers are with her family and close friends.

March 30, 2015

Jason Gress

Ann was a coworker and great friend. I will miss her intelligence, humor and rapier wit. This is a huge loss, not only for her family, DDS and the Pantry, but for everyone that had the privilege of knowing her. My thoughts are with her family. Rest in Peace, Ann.

March 30, 2015

Rob Reasonover

I don't even no where to begin. I am blessed to have known her and be able to call her a friend. I am blessed to have met her sister. I am blessed to have met those that she knew from The Pantry and South Street. I have been very blessed. I just wish I could have been blessed a little more.

March 30, 2015

Mary Lanigan

We will all miss Ann's mentoring, her earthy wit, and her kind loving heart. In every sense she shared the best parts of herself with others throughout her life. My thoughts and prayers go out to her family and closest friends.

March 29, 2015

Celia Walsh

My mind and heart are full of so many precious, loving memories of Peabody days with Ann, my dear Theta Big Sister. She will always be a part of my life.

May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.

March 29, 2015

Jeff and Kathy Eddie

Ann was a major influence in the continuity of the TN DDS. She was so involved in the teaching of most everyone at one time or another at this workplace. She will truly be missed by many. We were deeply saddened to hear of her passing and we offer our deepest sympathies to her family and hope that her animals that she loved so much will be well taken care of.

March 29, 2015

Kimberly Titlebaum

Ann was a great supervisor and friend. Although I have been away from DDS and Nashville for many years now, I often tried to go by the Pantry to see her. Pax, my friend.

March 29, 2015

Kaye Rackard

Ann has been my dearest friend for 46 years. Through the dark times and the happiest of times I always had one constant: Ann, my tiny, short friend. I will always love her with my whole heart. She cannot be replaced and things will never be the same without her. I am a better person because of her and I will treasure all memories with and of her forever. I love you, tiny tot! ❤

March 29, 2015

Louis Kelly

I am sorry to learn of her death. I know she loved her cats, and I hope someone has taken them. My sympathies to her loved ones.

March 29, 2015

Fern Kelly

Ann hired me at DDS in 1986 and I've never forgotten how much that meant to me as I needed a good job. I'll never forget her kindness and friendship to me. RIP, Ann.

Posted by Fern Kelly

March 28, 2015

Vanessa Gray

Ann, we worked together a long time at the Pantry ...I'm so glad you was a part of my life for so long ...I will miss you .

March 28, 2015

Ruth Weiner Scoles

I have known Ann since Peabody. She was a wonderful person and friend. She will be sorely missed. My thoughts and prayers are with all of her family and friends as you proceed through this difficult time.

March 28, 2015

Brandon Nelson

In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.

March 28, 2015

Tommie Slayden

Oh, how I loved, respected and trusted Ann. I depended on her to teach me from her vast, and really quite incredible, knowledge of the policies of the DDS. I will miss her more than words can convey. Rest in peace, Ann. In your honor I will try to continue learning, but it will be a vastly lonelier process without you.

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