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This appeared in the Famerville Gazette, 4 Jun 1998.

James E. Beck

Services for James E. Beck, age 69 of Farmerville, were held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, 
June 3, 1998, at Bailey Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dalyn Helbling officiating.

Interment followed in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens in El Dorado under the direction of 
Bailey Funeral Home of El Dorado.

Mr. Beck died on Saturday, May 30, 1998, at All Saint Hospital in Ft. Worth following 
a brief illness.

A native of Pittsburgh, he was the owner of Shimco Floral Crafts and Gifts and a member 
of the First Church of God. He had served in the U.S. Coast Guard and Merchant Marines 
during World War 11, receiving the Atlantic War Zone Medal, Mediterranean Middle East 
War Zone Medal and Pacific War Zone Medal.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley Ann Beck of Farmerville; two. sons, Bruce Beck and 
Chris Beck, both of El Dorado; one, daughter, Joyce B. Nesbit of El Dorado; two brothers, 
Robert E. Beck of Granbury, Texas and Charles Beck of Burnsville, Minnesota; one sister, 
Alberta McCartney of Windham, Ohio; and five grandchildren.

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