Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet]

Living married Living [Group Sheet]

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!NAME:Beck & Tittle Footprints, Beck & Tittle Footprints,
Joyce Nell Beck LaGrone Truitt

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.

!NAME:Truitt, Joyce Nell, Truitt, Joyce Nell, 19981004
14:48 hours

!NAME:Beck & Tittle Footprints, Beck & Tittle Footprints,
Joyce Nell Beck LaGrone Truitt, prepared 19981101

!BIRTH:Beck & Tittle Footprints, Beck & Tittle Footprints,
Joyce Nell Beck LaGrone Truitt, prepared 19981101

!DEATH:Beck & Tittle Footprints, Beck & Tittle Footprints,
Joyce Nell Beck LaGrone Truitt, prepared 19981001

!BURIAL:Beck & Tittle Footprints, Beck & Tittle Footprints,
Joyce Nell Beck LaGrone Truitt, prepared 19981001

John married Alta Mae Tittle 18 Dec 1927, Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A.. Alta (daughter of Thomas Jefferson Tittle and Martha Minerva Beavers) was born 1 Jun 1902, Tiftonia, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 29 Mar 1994, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas U.S.A.; was buried , Union Grove Cemetery, Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Beck & Tittle Footprints, Beck & Tittle Footprints,
Joyce Nell Beck LaGrone Truitt, prepared 19981101

!BIRTH:Beck & Tittle Footprints, Beck & Tittle Footprints,
Joyce Nell Beck LaGrone Truitt, prepared 19981001

!DEATH:Beck & Tittle Footprints, Beck & Tittle Footprints,
Joyce Nell Beck LaGrone Truitt, prepared 19981001

!BURIAL:Beck & Tittle Footprints, Beck & Tittle Footprints,
Joyce Nell Beck LaGrone Truitt, prepared 19981001

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Married:
!MARRIAGE:Beck & Tittle Footprints, Beck & Tittle
Footprints, Joyce Nell Beck LaGrone Truitt, prepared
19981001