He is survived by his wife, Sonja Narcisse Benjamin; daughters, Tonia Williams, Elke Benjamin and Sharniece Comeaux; step-daughters, Briana James and MacKenzie James; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; brothers, Eugene, Donald, Ronald, Alton and Raymond Benjamin; and sisters, Barbara Martin, Shirley Thibodeaux, Brenda Jones and Carolyn McCain. 

  Pellerin Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.