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| 14. | John Charles Beck was born on 07 May 1903 in Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A. (son of John Jefferson Beck and Annie Elizabeth Faulkner); died on 22 Nov 1985 in Denver, Colorado U.S.A.; was buried in Union Grove Cemetery, Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A.. Notes:
The following is from the biography for John Charles Beck in "Beck & Tittle Footprints";, J. Nell Truitt; 1998:
Charlie was a handsome, clean-cut young man, over six feet tall, square jawed with stunning eyes and slim frame, size 12 shoe, a good foundation! After getting his early education, he enrolled at Texas A&M College and studied mechanical drawing. Then he took a job with Sears Roebuck & Co. and was trnsferred to Kansas City, Mo. That was too far distance from his family, and he returned to Wills Point, Texas and took up his agricultural lifetime continuance.
John Charles Beck married Miss Alta Mae Tittle on 18 December 1927 in Wills Point, TX. They had five children, four of whom grew to adulthood, and as of 1997, all still living and have families - from Sacramento, California to Valrico, FL.
He was lovingly called "Poppie" by his grandchildren and grands and lived in Iowa Park, Texas (Wichita County) and Wills Point, Texas, then moved to be near their eldest son, Robert J. Beck in Fort Worth, TX in 1983.
John Charles Beck died on November 22, 1985 while visiting his son, Larry Max Beck in Denver, Colorado of cardiac arrest and prostate cancer. He had surgery there and died within two days. His body was flown back to Texas where his oldest son , Bob, a Baptist minister, assisted at his funeral. Interment was at Union Grove Cemetery in Wills Point, TX.
Sources and References:
1920 Texas Census
Texas Census records - Van Zandt County
Texas Census records - Wichita County
Marriage record - Wills Point, Van Zandt Co. TX
Land Deeds - Wichita County, TX
Beck Family Bible
Genealogy Book kept by John Charles Beck in a small brown binder
Remembrances of family members
Beck & Tittle Footprints; J. Nell Truitt; 1998.
John married Alta Mae Tittle on 18 Dec 1927 in Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A.. Alta (daughter of Thomas Jefferson Tittle and Martha Minerva Beavers) was born on 01 Jun 1902 in Tiftonia, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee U.S.A.; died on 29 Mar 1994 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas U.S.A.; was buried in Union Grove Cemetery, Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]
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| 15. | Alta Mae Tittle was born on 01 Jun 1902 in Tiftonia, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee U.S.A. (daughter of Thomas Jefferson Tittle and Martha Minerva Beavers); died on 29 Mar 1994 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas U.S.A.; was buried in Union Grove Cemetery, Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A.. Children:
- Mickey Gene Beck was born on 28 Nov 1928 in Iowa Park, Wichita, Texas U.S.A.; died on 04 Jan 1929; was buried in Union Grove Cemetery, Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A..
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