OBITUARY: James Beckham, 31 Dec 1889 - Smith County, TX Submitted by Vicki Betts 6 December 2002 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************************** TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, February 13, 1890, p. 7, c. 4 BECKHAM.—Bro. James Beckham was born Oct. 6, 1856, and died near Mount Sylvan, Dec. 31, 1889. Bro. Beckham was stricken down in the midst of his days by that fatal disease called consumption. As usual, he lingered and suffered. He was patient through it all, and murmured not. While singing to him that beautiful song called the "Home of the Soul," he became happy, and shouted as he stood before the gates of death. His happy soul afterward swept through without a shudder. Shall we meet him? W. H. CRAWFORD.