Elizabeth Cordray, 91, Camby, died January 7, 2009, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Mooresville.  Mrs. Cordray was born September 1, 1917, in Clay County, Kentucky, to the late Fred Benge and Sarah Profitt Benge. 

Mrs. Cordray worked as a custodian for 12 years for Stirling Clinic, Indianapolis, retiring in 1981. 

Mrs. Cordray was married to Robert Glenn Cordray on December 7, 1935; he preceded her in death on February 11, 1981.  In addition, she was preceded in death by a son, Robert Cordray; her step-mother, Susan Elizabeth Johnson Benge; siblings, Walter Benge, Mary Benge Cupp, Susie Benge, Ida Benge, Leonard Benge, Anne Benge Lee, John Benge, Andrew Benge; half-siblings, William Marion Benge, Nancy Vada Benge, Delbert Benge, Richard LeRoy Benge, Arthur Raymond Benge, George W. Benge, Frank Benge, Marvin Ray Benge, Hazel Benge. 

Survivors include her son Larry D. Cordray of Martinsville; siblings, William Benge, Hansford Benge, Fred Benge, Jr., Dillard Benge, Martha “Marti” Benge Adams; 9 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren.

Friends and family will gather on Friday, January 9, 2009, 4 to 8 p.m., in the Carlisle & Son Funeral Chapel, Mooresville.  The service will begin at 10 a.m., Saturday, January 10, 2009, in the funeral chapel.  Interment will follow in West Newton Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.