[courtesy of William Tatum]

Grave marker for Benjamin S. Ruffin in Collins Cemetery, Collins (Covington county), Mississippi.

Benjamin served with 508th ARCT in 1952.

Benjamin S. Ruffin
Diamondhead

   Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at the Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins for Benjamin S. Ruffin, Jr., 87 of Diamondhead, who passed away on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Collins.
   Interment was in the Collins City Cemetery with military rites at graveside. Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins will be in charge of the arrangements.
   Mr. Ruffin was born on July 23, 1930 in Jackson, Mississippi. He retired after numerous years of service as a salesman in the Automotive and Real Estate Industries.
   Mr. Ruffin proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church o f Gulfport.
   He was preceded in death by his parents, Benjamin S. Ruffin, Sr. and Josie Nell Williams Ruffin; and two sons, Benjamin S. Ruffin, III, and John Richard Ruffin.
   Survivors include his wife of fifty-four years, Mary Ruth Clayton Ruffin of Diamondhead; one daughter, Cinde Ruffin Walker of Magee; one son, William Randall Ruffin of Eight Mile, Alabama; one brother, Ted Williams Ruffin (Bess) of Irvington, Alabama; two sisters, Jo Nell Ruffin Barksdale and Patricia Ruffin Hickman (Jim), all of Jackson; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Benjamin S. Ruffin Diamondhead

[Hattiesburg American, Hattiesburg, MS, 09 Aug 2017, Wed, Page A2]