Obit of Gordon Buford Beck Jr - Grady County, Oklahoma

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::Fairlawn Cemetery--Chickasha OK

Rush Springs Gazette, Rush Springs Oklahoma

2 Mar 2000  

Gordon Buford Beck Jr, 72, died Saturday, February 26, 2000 at his 
home in Rush Springs.

Funeral services were held at 130 pm in the First Christian Church 
of Chickasha with the Rev. Gary Bell Officiating. Burial was in the 
Fairlawn Cemetery, Chickasha, under the direction of the Ferguson 
Funeral Home of Chickasha.

Mr. Beck was born November 1, 1927, in Comanche, the son of Gordon 
Buford Beck Sr. and Margaret E Branch Beck.

He was married to Patsy R. Holland on August 27, 1947 in Oklahoma 
City.

He moved to Cement with his family when he was 11 years old and 
attended Cement Public Schools. He became employed with Oklahoma 
Natural Gas Company in 1948, where he held various positions 
from a lineman to foreman of the Chickasha plant, where he 
retired in September 1986. He had lived in and around the Grady
County area all of his life, living in Cement, Ninnekah and 
moving to Rush Springs in 1986. 

He was a member of the First Christian Church in Chickasha, 
a member of Masonic Lodge #94, member of the Chickasha's Order 
of the Eastern Star #29, and a dual member of Alex's Order 
of the Eastern Star #339.

Buford was preceded in death by both parents and two sisters. 

Survivors include his wife Patsy of the home; one daughter, 
Patricia Beck of Oklahoma City; one son, Gordon Buford Beck III 
of Bothell, Washington; three sisters, Faughnetta Jean Davis 
of Woodward, Robbie Sue Pickens of Ardmore, and Francea Ivie 
of Moore; one brother, W. C. Beck of Covington; six grandchildren 
and several nieces and nephews.
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