Laurens County GaArchives Obituaries.....Beacham, Hershel Braxton 1957 ************************************************ 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: Jim Carroll williamcarrollj@bellsouth.net October 10, 2008, 7:39 am The Dublin Courier Herald 1-22-1957 Front Page Mr. Beacham Rites 23rd Final rites will be held at the Rockledge Methodist Church at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon for Hershel Braxton Beacham, 66, life long resident of Rockledge Route one who died early this morning in a Dublin hospital after being ill two days. The Rev. Fred Carter of Brewton and the Rev. Irvin Flanders of Minter will officiate and burial will be in the Mt. Zion Cemetery with Sammons Funeral Home of Soperton directing. Pallbearers will be Robert Beacham, Grady Whitehead, N. B. Graham, Earl Wilkes, Lewis McClendon, and Lloyd Rogers. Mr. Beacham was a member of the Methodist Church and he was married to Mobie Foskey who died in 1955. He is survived by two sons, Otis and Rowe of Rockledge; four sisters, Mrs. W. B. Ward of Dublin, Mrs. John Wynn of Rockledge, Mrs. Shelly Powell of Augusta, and daughter Mrs. Lois Odell, Savannah; two brothers, Talmadge Beacham of Brooksville, Fla. and Willis Beacham of New York City. Additional Comments: Hershel Braxton Beacham was born 7-28-1892 and died 1-22-1957 (GA DC # 03841) and is buried at Mount Zion Cemetery in Rockledge in Laurens County, Georgia. His wife, Mobe "Mobie" Foskey Beacham, is also buried there. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/laurens/obits/b/beacham11855ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb