Obit of J C Beckes - Grady County, Oklahoma
Submitted by: Sandi Carter
The Chickasha Express-Star
18 September 2001
J.C. Beckes
Funeral service for J.C. Beckes, 87, of Rush Springs, will be held at
2:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 18, 2001, in the Callaway-Smith-Cobb
Chapel with Paul Phipps officiating.
J.C. Beckes was born November 1, 1913, in Cushing, Oklahoma, to P.C.
Beckes and Maude (Miller) Beckes, and died Saturday, September 15,
2001, in Rush Springs.
He married Thelma (Farmer) Beckes July 26, 1935, in Chickasha.
J.C. was a heavy equipment operator. He retired in 1977 from Grady
County from the 19th Seed Company.
He had been a resident of Rush Springs for 55 years and attended
Cushing Schools. He was very creative and built dozens of different
types of machines. He enjoyed playing dominoes, loved his family and
his daughter and granddaughters-in-law. J.C. had a wonderful sense of
humor and loved to joke with people.
He is preceded in death by: his parents and 3 brothers: Luther, Jack and
Paul Beckes.
He is survived by his wife: Thelma Beckes of the home; son: Duane Beckes,
Venezuela; 2 daughters: Jeanette Phipps and husband Glen of Rush Springs,
Linda Wallace and husband Larry of Wanette; 2 sisters: Nettie Icenogle of
Rush Springs and Sybil Rhodes of Fresno, CA; 2 brothers: Lonnie Beckes of
Springfield, MO, and Wayne Beckes of Yuma, AZ; 8 grandchildren and 18 great
grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers are Randy Beckes, Brian Phipps, Michael Phipps, Landal Wallace,
Kyle Woods and Paul Phipps.
Jim Icenogle will be an honorary pallbearer.
Interment will be in the Rush Springs Cemetery under the direction of
Callaway-Smith-Cobb Chapel.
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