Buster Beneke, Jr.

After a long, beautiful and blessed life, Edward Uihlein Beneke Jr., known by everyone as “Buster”, peacefully passed away on November 22, 2024 at age 82. He born on June 2, 1942 to Edward Uihlein Beneke Sr. and Daphne Pency Lane Beneke in Columbus, Mississippi. He was the first son and the second born of what would be six children growing up as a close family of 8. He had a blessed childhood spending his summers in Michigan, his fall, winters and springs in Columbus and attended boarding school for his high school years at Cheshire Academy in Cheshire, Connecticut. After graduation he joined the Marines where he was a sharpshooter for 2 years and remained on reserve for 5 years. At age 21 he met his future wife, Lynda Marye Kimbrough and was married on January 6, 1968 at age 26. They lived in Toronto, Canada, NYC, New York and Washington DC where he worked for Beneke Corporation International until 1970 when they moved home to Columbus, Mississippi to start their family. Buster and Lynda had two daughters, Tory and Bishop, who will always remember him as the best daddy in the world. His family loved him as a dear brother and the most fun Uncle Buster and Granddaddy who could teach, fix, build and drive anything.

Buster is predeceased by his parents, Edward Uihlein Beneke Sr and Daphne Lane Beneke, his sister, Wendy Beneke Edmundson and his nephew Dr. Joseph Berry Kelly. He is survived by his two daughters, Victoria Beneke McClure and Bishop Beneke Chavers, his two grandchildren Reagan Kimbrough Chavers and George Reid Chavers, his former wife, Lynda Marye Kimbrough, three sisters, Daphne Lane Beneke, Barbara Beneke Shoop and Jennifer Lane Beneke, his brother, Richard Uihlein Beneke Sr, sister in law, Jill Moeller Beneke, brother in laws, Dr. Richard Hunter Shoop Sr and Adam Mekler, 15 nieces and nephews, 25 grand nieces and nephews and many life long friends from “the lake”, all of whom he loved dearly.

Services will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Saturday, December 7th starting with visitation at 10:00am and services at 11:00am. A burial service will be held at Friendship Cemetery immediately following the service. Pallbearers and Honorary Pallbearers are grandson, Reid Chavers, and nephews, Edwin Edmundson, Ian Edmundson, Jay Jessen, Dane Jessen, Hunter Shoop, Carter Shoop, Taylor Shoop, Sonny Beneke, Drake Beneke and Charles Beneke. 

The family would like to thank caregivers Geneva Bailey, Hank Johnson and the staff members of Garden Hill Assisted Living and Hospice for all their love and support.