Ben McGee was born March 26, 1951 to Luerena McGee and B. Beckum in Crawford, MS.  He Confessed Christ at an early age and joined Brownridge M.B. Church.

Ben was a 1970 graduate of B.L. Moor High School in Crawford, MS.  He also attended Rust College in Holly Springs, MS.  He was employed with Bryan Foods in West Point, MS until later moving to Chicago, IL.

Ben departed this life on Friday, December 16, 2022 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL.

He is preceded in death by his parents, son Ben McGee III, two sisters, Julia Crusoe and Annie Robertson; two brothers, Sanders McGee and Willie B. McGee.