Beecroft/Beacroft/Becroft/Becraft/Beacraft/Beecraft's Worldwide: Walter Graham Becraft

Walter Graham Becraft
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: 14 Feb 1926 - Wytheville, Wythe Co, VA ¹
    Christening: 
          Death: 9 Aug 2004 - Elk Creek, Grayson Co, VA ¹
         Burial: 12 Aug 2004 - Forest Cemetery, Elk Creek, , VA ²
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN : 
                 
Events
• Obituary, Wythe Enterprise

Walter Graham Becraft, 78, of the Comers Rock community of Elk Creek, Va., died Monday, Aug. 9, 2004, at his residence. Funeral service will be held Thursday, Aug. 12, at 2 p.m. at Fellowship Baptist Church in Elk Creek, Va., with the Rev. Sherwood Richardson, the Rev. J.C. Tolley, and Bill Dennis officiating. Interment will be in Forest Cemetery. Grayson County VFW will conduct graveside military rites. Born Feb. 14, 1926, in Wytheville, Va., he was the son of the late Harry Lee and Roseanna Catron Becraft. He is survived by his wife, Helen T. Becraft of the home; three daughters and sons-in-law, Doris and Danny Layne of Wytheville, Va., Catherine Lee Becraft of Stephens City, Va., and Alice Elizabeth and Bill Dennis of Fairfax, Va.; one son, Michael Graham Becraft of the home; one sister and brother-in-law, Paige and Sonny Omohundro of Huntington, W.Va.; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Memorial contributions may be made to the Elk Creek Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 130, Elk Creek, VA 24326. Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home in Independence, Va., is in charge of the arrangements.
This obituary was published in the Wytheville Enterprise.
• Soc Sec Num, 225-22-2361
• Census, Federal, 1930 in Wytheville, Wythe Co, VA

Harry Becraft, age 38, 1891, VA; Rosanna, age 25, 1904, wife; Harry, age 16, 1913, son; Walter, age 4, 1926, son; Page, age 2, 1927, daughter.
• Obituary, Virginia Pilot, 28 Jan 1997 in Wytheville, Wythe Co, VA

THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, January 28, 1997 TAG: 9701280173
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
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NETTIE W. CATRON
Nettie Wolford Catron, 94, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 1997 in Wythe County Community Hospital.
She was born in Crockett, Va., and was preceded in death by her husband, William Clarence Catron; her parents, the late James Cloyd and Mollie Miller Wolford; a sister, Ella May W. Grubb; two brothers, George Wolford and William C. ``Jaybird'' Wolford. She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church since 1916, a teacher for the Wythe County Public Schools from 1922 until 1935, and also a retired civil service worker for the Norfolk Naval Supply Center in 1970 with 30 years service.
She is survived by three sisters-in-law, Beulah L. Wolford of Barco, N.C., Vivian K. Catron, Emma H. Umberger, both of Wytheville; five nieces, Helen C. Wilson of Wytheville, Doris W. Sawyers, Betty W. Loomis of Barco, Paige B. Omohendro of Huntington, W.Va., Lena Faye C. Crockett of Cripple Creek, Va.; eight nephews, Dewey W. Catron of Wytheville, William (Bill) Wolford, Jack Grubb, both of Roanoke, Rodney N. Catron of Virginia Beach, Charles C. Catron of Salem, Va., Darrell B. Catron of Monroe, N.C., Walter Graham BeCraft of Elk Creek, Va., William (Buster) Catron of Wytheville; special grandniece, Teresa C. Peters of Chesapeake; special grandnephew, William Sawyers of Barco; several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews also survive.
A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. today in West End Cemetery, Wytheville. The family asks that in lieu of flowers that donations be made to the Wythe County Rescue or the Rural Retreat Rescue Squads. Gillman Funeral Chapel, Wytheville, is handling arrangements.

• Obituary, The Roanoke Times, 11 Aug 2004

Walter Graham Becraft, 78, of Elk Creek, Va., passed away Monday, August 9, 2004. Funeral service Thursday at 2 p.m. in Fellowship Baptist Church, Elk Creek, Va. Family will receive friends Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Arrangements by Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, Va.
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The Roanoke Times
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Parents
         Father: Harry Lee Becraft
         Mother: Catherine Roseanne Catron
Spouses and Children
1. *Helen T Tolley
       Children:
                1. Doris Leona Becraft
                2. Catherine Lee Becraft
                3. Allice Elizabeth Becraft
                4. Michael Graham Becraft
Notes
Burial Notes:

MOMM3 US NAVY
World Wark II

Sources

1. U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index.
2. gravelocator.cem.va.gov.

Sources

1 U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index.

2 gravelocator.cem.va.gov.

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