Benny Hilton Rose

Published 2:06 pm Friday, January 17, 2020

Benny Hilton Rose, 70, of the Pike Road community in Pantego, North Carolina, passed away surrounded by his family on January 15, 2020, after a brief battle with lung cancer.  He was born in Belhaven Hospital on September 20, 1949, and lived his entire life in Beaufort County.

Since 1996, Benny was the owner of Benny Rose Repair Service, where he worked on trucks, heavy equipment, and anything else folks in the community would drag up.  He enjoyed the challenges of mechanic work, and his encyclopedic knowledge of old trucks, tractors, cars, and anything else with an engine brought customers from miles around.

Benny is survived by his wife of 25 years, Sharon Griekspoor Rose, his son Ian and his wife Julie, his son Jason, and his daughter Shiloh and her partner Tim McClave.  He’s also survived by his uncle Steve Waters and his wife Linda, his sister Margaret Mayo, his brother-in-law Ralph Cook, his sister Louise Jordan and her husband Joe, his sister-in law Arlene and her husband Mike, and his brother-in-law Tony Griekspoor and his wife Lisa.   Too numerous to list are beloved cousins, nephews, nieces, great-nieces and great-nephews.  Finally, he will be missed greatly by his beloved Pomeranian, Jazz.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Benjamin “Hambone” Rose and Lois Water Rose, and by sister Frances Rose Cook.

Benny’s funeral will be at Union Grove Church of Christ at 6889 NC-99, Pantego, NC 27860 at 2:00 PM on Saturday, January 18, 2020.  The family will receive visitors at Union Grove Church of Christ on from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Friday, January 17, 2020.

You may share a memory with the family by visiting www.josephpaulfdl.com.

Joseph B. Paul, Jr. Funeral Director Licensee of Washington is serving the Rose family.