Earl Leon Becraft Sr
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 14 Apr 1914 - Mt Airy, MD, House In Ridgeville 1
Christening:
Death: 5 Jan 1997 - Ashton, MD 1
Burial: 6 Jan 1997 - Pine Grove Cemetery, Mt Airy, Carroll Co, MD 2
Cause of Death:
AFN :
Events
• Military 3
Becraft, Earl L., Pfc. USA 33842520, Sandy Springs, Montgomery Co.• Military, US ARMY, WW II
• Occupation, Owned barbershop in Sandy Spring & Ashton
55 years• Organizations, American Legion Post 68 Mt Airy
• Organizations, Ashton United Methodist
• Soc Sec Num, 217-22-9482
• Census, 1930 Census, 1930 in Mt Airy, Carroll Co, MD
Gilmore Becraft age 40 listed as head of household with wife Della B age 37 and children Earl L age 15; Mary V age 13 and Ruth G age 6.• Military, AAD, 29 Feb 1944 in Ft George G Meade, Anne Arundel Co, MD
Army Serial Number: 33842520• Event, The Frederick Post, 16 Jan 1945
Name: Becraft, Earl L
Residence: State #31 (MD)
Residence: County 031 (Montgomery)
Place of Enlistment: 3150 (Ft George G Meade Maryland)
Date of Enlistment Day: 29
Date of Enlistment Month: 02
Date of Enlistment Year: 44
Grade: Alpha Designation: PVT#
Grade: Code 8 (Private)
Branch: Alpha Designation: NO# (No branch assignment)
Branch: Code: 02
Term of Enlistment:5 (Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus sixs months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law)
Longevity: ###
Source of Army Personnel:0 (Civil life)
Nativity: 31 (MD)
Year of Birth: 14
Race and Citizenship: 1 (White, citizen)
Education: 2 (2 years of high school)
Civilian Occupation: 232 (Barbers, beauticians, and manicurists)
Marital Status: 2 (Married)
Component of the Army: 7 (Selectees (Enlisted men))
Card Number: #
Box Number: 0715
Film Reel Number: 1.232
Pvt. Earl Becraft, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore Becraft, Hill street, Mt. Airy, is recovering in a hospital in England from shoulder...• Event, The Frederick Post, 19 Feb 1945
...sociated Press today, were Pvt. Earl L. Becraft, husband of Mrs. Mary L Becraft, Sandy Spring, ...• Obituary, Washington Post, 5 Jan 1997
BECRAFT, Earl L Sr; ; Ashton MD; Wash DC Post; 1997-1-5; jwilly• Obituary, The Frederick Post, 6 Jan 1997
Mr. Earl Becraft, Sr• Funeral, The Frederick News, 7 Jan 1997
Mr. Earl L. Becraft Sr, 82 of Ashton, died Friday Jan 3 at home.
He was the husband of Mary Ladelia Becraft.
Born April 14, 1914 in Mount Airy, he was the son of the late Gilmore and Della Gartrell Becraft.
Mr. Becraft had served in the US Army during World War II and was awarded the Purple Heart. He was a member of American Legion Post 68 in Brookeville. Mr. Becraft was a member of Ashton United Methodist Church. He had owned and operated a barber shop in Sandy Spring and Ashton for more than 55 years.
Surviving in addition to his wife are three children, Earl L Becraft, Jr. of Highland, Sandra Scoville of Woodbine, and Eric C. Becraft of Gaithersburg; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Friends visited Sunday, Jan 5, at the Barber Funeral Home, Laytonsville. Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan 6, at Ashton United Methodist Church, 17314 New Hampshire Ave., Ashton. Interment will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, Mount Airy.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Jewish Community Hospice, 22C Montgomery Village Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20879.
Mr. Earl Becraft
Funeral services for Mr. Earl L. Becraft, Sr., of Ashton, who died Friday, Jan 3, were Monday, Jan 6, at the Ashton United Methodist Church.
The Rev. Jeff Jones, pastor, officiated.
Bearers were Alden English, Steven Scoville, Kevin Becraft, Kyle Becraft, Danny Berkheimer, David Berkheimer and Jeff Berkheimer. Interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery, Mount Airy.
Arrangements were by the Barber Funeral Home, Laytonsville.
Parents
Father: Gilmore Arthur Becraft
Mother: Della Bernice Gartrell
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Ladelia "Deal" Crook
Children:
1. Earl Leon Becraft Jr
2. Sandra Kay Becraft
3. Eric Charles Becraft
Sources
1. U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index.
2. gravelocator.cem.va.gov.
3. War Records Division, Maryland in World War II, Register of Service Personnel, Volume I - A through D.