Obituaries:  George E. Beckom, Sabine, Vernon Parish       B-250
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 27, 1978
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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George E. Beckom

  George Edgar Beckom, 92, of Plain Dealing, died Wednesday
morning, July 19, at the Highland Hospital in Shreveport, after a
short illness.

  Services were at 10 a.m., Friday, in the First United Methodist
Church of Plain Dealing. The Rev. Leo Beck, pastor of Trinity
United Methodist Church in Shreveport, officiated.

  Graveside services were at 3 p.m., at Holly Grove Cemetery near
Anacoco. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Bailey
Mortuary in Plain Dealing.

  Mr. Beckom was a Hornbeck native, and was a retired businessman.

  A longtime Plain Dealing resident, he served as a State
Representative from Bossier Parish from 1936 to 1940.

  Mr. Beckom was a member of the First United Methodist Church in
Plain Dealing.

  Survivors include four daughters, Natalie B. Thompson, and Opal
B. Gill, both of Shreveport, Audrey B. Alexander of Gloster, and
Bessie B. Johnson of Plain Dealing; one brother, Warren H. Beckom
of Hornbeck; six grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, and one
great-great grandchild.

  Pallbearers were George Thompson, Richard Thompson, Dale
Thompson, Wayne Nichols, Rodney Nichols, and R. L. Harvill.