The following obituary came from the Register-News, Mt Vernon, Jefferson Co, IL on 5 Jul 1951 - Thursday - Pg 2
Nellie Beckham Of Waltonville Dies at Age 45
Mrs. Nellie Pearl Beckham, 45, of Waltonville, died at 12:15 p.m. yesterday at Deaconness Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.
The body will be taken to the family home, three miles east of Waltonville, where friends may call at any time after 10 a.m. Friday.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
Mrs. Beckham was born November 3, 1905 in Lewistown, Ill., the daughter of John and Augusta Grigsby.
She was married to Newman Beckham, who survives.
Mrs. Beckham was a member of the Elk Prairie Christian Church.
Besides her husband, she is survived by six sons, Burrell of Paris, Mo., Clyde of Bonnie, Kenneth of Wood River, Keith of Waltonville and Charles and Arthur Ray, at home; three daughters, Margaret Fairchild of Waltonville and Shirley and Ruth at home; four brothers, Burley Grigsby of Hanna City and Curtis Grigsby of Forrestson, Ill; eight sisters, Josephine Strode, Jessie Pascol and Katherine Eskridge of Lewistown, Ill., Charlotte Farris and Elizabeth Bennet of Canton, Ill., Maxine Gibbs of Pana, Ill., Cleo Brown of Loudon Mills and Alladene Edwards of Peoria.
The following obituary came from the Register-News, Mt Vernon, Jefferson Co, IL on 5 Jul 1951 - Thursday - Pg 2
Nellie Beckham Of Waltonville Dies at Age 45
Mrs. Nellie Pearl Beckham, 45, of Waltonville, died at 12:15 p.m. yesterday at Deaconness Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.
The body will be taken to the family home, three miles east of Waltonville, where friends may call at any time after 10 a.m. Friday.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
Mrs. Beckham was born November 3, 1905 in Lewistown, Ill., the daughter of John and Augusta Grigsby.
She was married to Newman Beckham, who survives.
Mrs. Beckham was a member of the Elk Prairie Christian Church.
Besides her husband, she is survived by six sons, Burrell of Paris, Mo., Clyde of Bonnie, Kenneth of Wood River, Keith of Waltonville and Charles and Arthur Ray, at home; three daughters, Margaret Fairchild of Waltonville and Shirley and Ruth at home; four brothers, Burley Grigsby of Hanna City and Curtis Grigsby of Forrestson, Ill; eight sisters, Josephine Strode, Jessie Pascol and Katherine Eskridge of Lewistown, Ill., Charlotte Farris and Elizabeth Bennet of Canton, Ill., Maxine Gibbs of Pana, Ill., Cleo Brown of Loudon Mills and Alladene Edwards of Peoria.
Family Members
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Josephine Grigsby Strode
1897–1965
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Charlotte Leota Grigsby Farris
1899–1975
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Burleigh Clifton "Burley" Grigsby
1900–1973
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Kathryn Harrison Grigsby Eskridge
1903–1979
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John Arthur Grigsby
1906–1985
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Margaret Cleo Grigsby Brown
1907–1992
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Sidney L. Grigsby
1908–1976
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Olladene Elsie Grigsby Edwards
1911–1992
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Anna Elizabeth "Libby" Grigsby Bennett
1913–1986
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