Hopkins Co., TX - Obit - John Beckham ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: June E. Tuck USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** From the files of June Tuck BECKHAM, JOHN - Member of a prominent pioneer family of Hopkins County, and a son of the late Riley Beckham for whom the community of Beckham was named, passed away Saturday morning. He is survived by his wife, four daughters and three sons, two brothers, Robert Beckham of Stratford, Okla., W. A. Beckham of Beckham, and two sisters, Mrs. Lula Blackwell of Commerce, and Mrs. Lilly Mallett of Beckham. Funeral services and burial took place at Pleasant Grove. (Hopkins Co. Echo, Aug. 2, 1934)