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   Helen Powell Beck
   
   Helen Powell Beck, 78, of Amarillo died Friday, Jan. 11, 2002.
   
   Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday in Polk Street United Methodist
   Church with Bob Thomas, chaplain of Crown of Texas Hospice, and the
   Rev. Marty Hamrick of the church officiating. Burial will be at 3 p.m.
   Tuesday in Cedarlawn Memorial Park in Sherman. Arrangements are by
   Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and
   Pierce Street.
   
   Mrs. Beck was born in Kingston, Okla., Feb. 17, 1923. She was married
   to James William Beck for 22 years. She had been a model for Neiman
   Marcus in Dallas and owned The Vogue Beauty Salon in Sherman for many
   years. She and her husband were avid square dancers and members of
   several square dance clubs in Sherman.
   
   They moved to Amarillo in September 1964 from Sherman. She taught at
   Draughons Business College for 10 years. She was a certified apartment
   manager and a member of National Apartment Managers Association. She
   was a member of Rebekah Lodge and Amarillo Senior Citizens
   Association.
   
   She was awarded Speaker of the Year several times with Toastmasters
   and Toastmistress Association in which she served for 30 years. She
   was a published writer. She was a resident of Independence Village for
   15 years. She was a member of Vaughn-Selby class at Polk Street United
   Methodist Church.
   
   Honorary pallbearers will be Kevin Roe, Scott Roe, Brandon Fletcher
   and Mitchell Flanders.
   
   She was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Tammie Roe.
   
   Survivors include a son, Ronald D. Beck and wife, Carol, of Comanche;
   three daughters, Marta Beck Cole of San Angelo, Megon Beck Fletcher of
   Carrollton and Jama Flanders Sommers of Amarillo; a son-in-law,
   Charles A. Sommers of Amarillo; five grandchildren, Kevin Roe and
   wife, Brenda, of San Angelo, Scott Roe and Jamie Fletcher, both of
   Dallas, Brandon Fletcher and wife, Leslie, of Chicago and Mitchell
   Flanders of Amarillo; and three great-grandchildren, Leslie Roe, Ryan
   Roe and Kimberly Roe, all of San Angelo.
   
   The family suggests memorials be to American Heart Association, 2404
   W. Seventh Ave., Amarillo, TX 79106.
   
   The family will greet visitors from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral
   home.
   
   The family will be at 1919 S. Milam in Amarillo.
   
   Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 13, 2002
   
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