Edith Jaime

Benton

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IN LOVING MEMORY

Edith Jaime Benton

Dec 14 1977 - Oct 31 2014

Mrs. Edith Jaime Benton, beloved wife, daughter, sister, teacher and friend passed away peacefully with family surrounding her on October 31st, 2014. She was born December 14, 1977 in San Luis Potosi, SLP, Mexico to María Isabel Martínez and Luis Jaime Carreón. As a young girl she attended Colegio Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, and then graduated from Tecnológico de Monterrey. She was graduated from the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP) where she earned a degree in Architecture. During her senior year at UASLP, she was part of a pioneering group of students that were the first to participate in a foreign exchange program at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).

Edith moved to McKinney, TX in 2004, and began her teaching career with MISD in a 2nd grade bilingual classroom at Caldwell Elementary in 2005. As her career evolved, she then went on to impact 7 campuses in her role as Elementary Bilingual/ESL Facilitator and also taught English as a second language to parents in the district in the evenings in her role as an Adult Literacy Coordinator. She absolutely treasured the time she had with them. Caldwell was always home base to her and she missed the students dearly. She returned there to help her fellow colleagues in 2012 as an Academic Specialist.

“Edi” married Joe Benton on September 30, 2014 at First United Methodist Church in McKinney, where she was a member.

Edith will be remembered for her warm and engaging personality, her profound faith in our Lord, her radiant smile and her laughter, her exceptional ability to mentor others, and a deep and abiding love for her husband, friends, and family. Edith became a testament of God’s divine power of miracles and immense love. We are blessed to have been witnesses to her beauty, resilience, strength, patience, love, perseverance, hope, courage and eternal optimism.

Edith is survived by her husband, Joseph H. Benton, Jr. and his children; her parents María Isabel Martínez and Luis Jaime Carreón; her brother Luis Jaime Martínez and wife Grisel Jiménez Carrillo and their daughter Nikol Jaime Jiménez; as well as many family members and cousins that she held very close.

A celebration of Edith’s life will be held at 10:30am on Saturday, November 8, 2014, at First United Methodist Church in downtown McKinney. Visitation with family will take place prior to the service at 9:30am with a reception in Dyer Hall at the church immediately following the service.  

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