Upson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Beck, Elizabeth Lethella Howell 1086 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Brad Willis http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007638 April 7, 2011, 4:07 pm Waco Tribune-Herald This is an obituary for my grandmother, Elizabeth Lethella Howell Beck, the daughter of Joshua Calhoun Howell and Adalade Smith Howell of Upson County, GA. This obituary is located in the Waco Tribune-Herald on Dec. 10, 1986. Mrs. Roy E. Beck Mrs. Roy E. (Bessie H.) Beck, 95, of Waco, a longtime teacher, died Monday [Dec. 8, 1986] at a local nursing home. Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Oakwood Cemetery, the Rev. John Lightfoot officiating. Mrs. Beck was born Oct. 24 [25], 1891, in Hill County. She attended schools in Hillsboro and West. She graduated from West High School, Sam Houston State University and Baylor University. She taught at North Waco Elementary School for 31 years. She was married to Roy Elmer Beck Dec. 23, 1917 [1919]; he died in [Aug. 24,]1944. She was a member of Herring Avenue United Methodist Church, where she taught the Dorcas Sunday school class. Survivors include a daughter Mrs. J. Todd (Hester) Willis, Jr. of Waco; and two grandchildren, Dr. T. Brad Willis of Waco and David P. Willis of Houston. The family will be at 4804 Hillcrest Drive. The family has designated donors' favorite charity for memorials. Wilkirson-Hatch Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb