Mrs. Benniefield dedicated her life to God at an early age attending Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in Panama City, Florida. She was a 1970 graduate of Rutherford High School. She later graduated with her Associates Degree in Nursing from Gulf Coast State College and accepted her calling as a Registered Nurse for over 35 years. Affectionately known as "Bambino" by her husband Willie whom she joined in Holy Matrimony on May 15, 1993 and served as a dutiful military wife for 27 years. Barbara was a faithful member at the Mount Calvary Deliverance Church in Tampa, Florida, where she answered the call to ministry on November 13, 2016 under the pastoral covering of her beloved Pastor Terrance Shaw.
Her beautiful life will forever be cherished in the heart of her husband MSgt (Retired) Willie Benniefield, two daughters, Missionary LinCherria Barnes & Shaneka Benniefield, two sons, Linward Barnes Jr. & Lionel Barnes, grandchildren, DeSiree, JaMani, Kyana, Leah, DeDrinique (Noony), Lailah, Lionel Jr., Lathan, Lyric, A'Leya, and Andre Jr., great-grandchildren, Paris, Twins- Zion & Zuri, one sister, Hazel (Gary) White, three brothers, Pete (Claudia) Smith, Charlie Smith, and Bill McCoy, one aunt, Martha Owens, and uncle, Joseph (Liz) Owens and a host of other relatives and loved ones.
Mrs. Barbara Benniefield will be missed and her life will be celebrated on Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 11:00 AM at the Serenity Meadows Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6919 Providence Road, Riverview, Florida 33578.