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Virginia Faye Beckcom

Female 1932 - 2021  (88 years)


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  • Name Virginia Faye Beckcom  [1, 2
    Born 4 Nov 1932  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Died 4 Jul 2021  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 7 Jul 2021  Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Virginia Faye Davis, 88, of Hemphill, Texas passed away Sunday, July 4, 2021 at her residence in Hemphill.

      Virginia was born in Hemphill, Texas on November 4, 1932 to Willie Paul Beckcom and Emma Evelyn Seales Beckcom. She was a lifelong resident of Sabine County and a graduate of Hemphill ISD. She had earned her associate's degree and worked for many years as a secretary and retired from Holly Farms/Tyson.

      Virginia was a very adventurous lady. She loved to dancing, the Dallas Cowboys, and Wheel of Fortune. She was an amazing bowler and she liked gardening. She taught her grandchildren how to ride their bikes and how to swim. She loved her children and grandchildren and lived her life for her family. Her best friend was her daughter and she loved her donkey named Bucky. She was an active member of Camp Springs Baptist Church.

      Virginia is survived by her daughter, Sharon Jo Strickland Edgar and husband, George, of Hemphill; grandchildren, Stephanie Wilkerson and husband, Dale, Charlie Strickland, Emy Weaver and husband, Donny, Sheila Strickland, Jody Broach and husband, Tim, Dennis Edgar, and Gina Stewart and husband, Matt, all of Hemphill and Clay Bell and wife, Jackie, of Frisco; 24 great grandchildren and 14 great great grandchildren.

      She was preceded in death by her son, Danny Charles Strickland, Sr.; brother, R. D. Beckcom; and sister, Lucy Jo Beckcom Bennefield.

      Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas.

      Funeral services will begin at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 7, 2021 in Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Kevin Windham and Bro. Buddy Pratt officiating.

      Burial will follow services in Springhill Cemetery with Cody Bland, Kailen Bland, Rudy Weaver, Logan Wilkerson, Timber Strickland, Jordan Hanzel, Sean Bell, Austin Bell and Braeden Stewart serving as pallbearers.

      Condolences can be made and guest book may be signed online at starrfuneralhome.com.

      Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home
      Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, July 7, 2021, page 4

    Person ID I20973  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 26 Sep 2022 

    Father William Paul Beckcom,   b. 7 Apr 1903, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1981, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Emma Evelyn Seals,   b. 27 Apr 1910, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1973, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Family ID F13059  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nay Carter Strickland, Jr.,   b. 6 Apr 1931, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 2018, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married Bef 1950 
    Children 
     1. Danny Charles Strickland,   b. 29 Jul 1950, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 2016, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     2. Living
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F540  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 Nov 1932 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 Jul 2021 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 7 Jul 2021 - Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S266] Ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database online], (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.), 1950_0013 (Danny); 1951_0014 (Sharon) (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Texas, Sabine County, Prec. No. 1 Enumerated 25 Apr 1940 SD 42-2 ED 202-3 Sheets 16A 314 (Reliability: 3).