Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Beckford, Jeremiah E.  June 23, 2011
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on June 25, 2011
  Jeremiah E. Beckford 
  
  LEBANON Jeremiah Ezekiel Beckford, 82, died Thursday, June 23, 2011, at Good 
  Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon. He was the husband of Margaret Kramer Beckford. 
  They celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary April 8, 2011. Born in St. 
  Elizabeth, Jamaica, on May 9, 1929, he was the son of the late Wilford and Mary 
  Banton Beckford. Jeremiah served with the British Royal Air Force as a chef and 
  baker. He worked as a machine operator for Allentown Portland Cement Company 
  until his retirement and attended God's Missionary Church in Lebanon. In 
  addition to his wife, he is survived by three daughters, Pauline Beckford James 
  of Laurel, Md., Camalita Beckford of Reading, and Blossom Brackman of Leesport; 
  one son, Hugh Beckford and wife, Sherma Donovan of Stafford, Va.; a special 
  niece, Pamela Carnegie Bunch of Crystal River, Fla.; one sister, Gladys 
  Cranston of Jamaica; three grandchildren, Eletha, Kalei, and Taylor James 
  Beckford; and three great-grandchildren, Parrish Davis, Dorion Cruz, and Enadia 
  Cruz. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Selvin Woodbine and Leeford 
  Banton; and five sisters, Vida Banton, Christina Blackwood, Doris Samuels, 
  Muriel Carnegie, and Hulda Adina White. Funeral services will be on Friday, 
  July 1, 2011, at 11 a.m. from the God's Missionary Church, 2127 Hill St., 
  Lebanon 17046. Viewing will be held Thursday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the 
  Kreamer Funeral Home & Crematory, 618 E. Main St., Annville, and one hour prior 
  to the service at the church. 
  
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on June 25, 2011 
  
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