Mrs. Annah Rebecca Bickham Services Here Thursday Morning, 1959
Mrs. Annah Rebecca Meek Bickham
Mrs. Annah Rebecca Meek Bickham, 84, a former long-time resident of
Celeste, died Tuesday afternoon, August 18, 1959, at 1:15 in a Greenville
hospital.
She was born in Cumby, July 5, 1875, the daughter of Jacob Meek Keith and
Sarah Frances Watson Keith.
For the past eight years, she had resided in Dallas and Fort Worth. She
was a member of the Celeste Methodist Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Eura Williams, Dallas; five sons,
Floyd B. Bickham of Heidelberg, Mississippi, E. E. (Josh) Bickham of Fort
Worth, David C. Bickham and Lemuel (Mose) Bickham, both of Amarillo, and George
A. Bickham of Fort Worth; two sisters, Mrs. Bert Cobb of Greenville and Mrs.
Virginia Haglen of Clovis, New Mexico; twelve grandchildren, Johnnie Nell
Williams Robinson, Anna V. Williams Hudson, Norma Faye Williams, Ralph Edward
Bickham, Edwin Bickham, Billie Jean Bickham, Deanne Bickham, Joe David Bickham,
Jerry Delano Bickham, Roger Earl Bickham, Keith Daryl Bickham, Jr., and Merle
Eugene Bickham; and thirteen great-grandchildren, Karen Lynn Robinson, Norman
Edward Robinson, Larry Allen Hudson, Ann Nell Hudson, Joe Dan Bickham, Carol
Lynn Bickham, Mark Lynn Bickham, Linda Ann Bickham, Elaine Bickham, William
David Bickham, Daryl Edwin Bickham, Kaye Francis Bickham, and Ronald Edward
Bickham. She was preceded in death by one son, Keith D. Bickham of Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, and one daughter, Anna Ruth Bickham of Celeste.
Funeral services were conducted Thursday morning at 10:00 AM, August 20,
1959, at the Celeste Methodist Church with Dr. Harrison Baker of Dallas and the
Rev. Albert Click, pastor of the Celeste church, officiating. Burial was in
the Celeste Cemetery under the direction of James-Coker-Peters Funeral Home.
(August 21, 1959, The Celeste Courier)