Obituaries:  Lynn "Chief" Becknell, Sabine Parish       B-254
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 5, 1997
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Lynn "Chief" Becknell

  Funeral services for Lynn "Chief" Becknell, 74, of Carencro,
were held Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1997, at 2 p.m., at Evangeline
Memorial Gardens Chapel in Carencro. Officiating was Bro. John
Lawler, pastor of Missionary Baptist Church in Zwolle. Interment
was at Evangeline Memorial Gardens in Carencro, under the
direction of Melancon Funeral Home.

  Mr. Becknell died Sunday, Feb. 2, at 11:36 a.m., at his
residence in Carencro. He was a retired chief petty officer in
the U.S. Navy, having served during World War II, Korea, and
Vietnam. He was a member of the U.S. Navy Fleet Reserve in
Lafayette, from 1965 to 1968.

  Mr. Becknell was also a member at large of the Masons, and past
member of the Shriners. He was a native of Greenville, Texas, a
former resident of Many, and a resident of Carencro since 1994.

  Mr. Becknell was preceded in death by his parents, Benjamin
Bruce Becknell, and the former Aubrey Belle Allison, both natives
of Texas; one son, Ronald Bruce Becknell; and one brother, B. A.
Becknell.

  He is survived by his wife, the former Norma Currie of Carencro;
three sons, Ronald Brewer of Orting, Wash., Daniel Brewer of
Lafayette, and Robert Michael Brewer of LaPorte, Texas; two
daughters, Mrs. Jim (Deanna Lyn) Fisher of Jasper, Texas, and
Mrs. R. D. (Rhonda Darrell) Thompson of Lafayette; ten
grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.