Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beckett, Esther Lillie July 24, 1966
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New Journal and Guide (1916-2003); Saturday, July 30,1966;  ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Norfolk Journal and Guide (1921-2003) pg. A14
NORFOLK - A funeral service for Mrs. Esther Lillie Beckett, a retired school
teacher, will be held Friday at 3 p.m. in St. John AME Church the the Rev. A. R.
Powell.  Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery with Mourning Glory Funeral Home in
charge.

Mrs. Beckett, 92, died Sunday in a hospital.  She lived at 847 Merrimac avenue.
 A native of Northampton County, she was a daughter of John and Mrs. Sallie
Pitts and widow of the Rev. J. W. Beckett Sr.

She was graduated from Virginia State College in 1893 and taught school on the
Eastern Shore.  Later she came to Norfolk and taught 30 years before retiring. 
Mrs. Beckett was a Missionary of St. John AME Church and a member of Margaret
Frances Order of Eastern Star Chapter 101.

Surviving are five sons, E. J. Beckett, Vattelle Beckett and the Rev. W. J.
Beckett Jr., all of Norfolk, Ernest Beckett of Accomack County and S. P. Beckett
of New York;  two daughters, Mrs. Mary E. Nottingham of Norfolk and Mrs. Irene
McNamara of New York;  grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and a
great-great grandchild.


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BECKETT, ESTHER L I10104 Section ASH , Block 0, Lot 0, Space 569 0 07/29/1966

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