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.

Source: The Register-News Pg 2
Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co, IL
Date: 05 July 1951 - Thursday
Submitted by: James E. and Louise (Beckham) Heidlebaugh

Nellie Beckham Rites Saturday

Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Pearl Beckham of Waltonville will be held Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at the Elk Prairie Christian Church. Burial will be in Abner cemetery.

The body will remain at the family home, three miles east of Waltonville, where friends may call at any time until the funeral hour.

Mrs. Beckham, wife of Newman Beckham, died Wednesday at Deaconness Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.

Source: The Register-News Pg 2
Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co, IL
Date: 06 July 1951 - Friday
Submitted by: James E. and Louise (Beckham) Heidlebaugh