William Curtis Becraft
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 4 May 1925 - Menifee Co, KY 1
Christening:
Death: 21 Dec 2011 - Means, Menifee Co, KY
Burial: 23 Dec 2011 - Curt Becraft Family Cemetery, Means, Menifee Co, KY 2
Cause of Death:
AFN :
Events
• Census, Federal, 1930 in Clintonville, Bourbon Co, KY
Herman Becraft, age 33 born KY; wife Carrie age 30, dau Ivy age 8; son William age 4; son Earnest age 3; son Herman age 0.• Military, AAD, 27 Jul 1943 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH
Army Serial Number: 35872882• Obituary, The Independent Online, 21 Dec 2011
Name: Becraft, William C
Residence: State #2 (Undefined code)
Residence: County 165 (Undefined code)
Place of Enlistment: 5321 (Cincinnati OHIO)
Date of Enlistment Day: 27
Date of Enlistment Month: 07
Date of Enlistment Year: 43
Grade: Alpha Designation: PVT# (Private)
Grade: Code 8
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 six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law)
Longevity: ###
Source of Army Personnel:0 (Civil Life)
Nativity: 52 (KY)
Year of Birth: 25
Race and Citizenship: 1 (White, citizen)
Education: 1 (1 year of high school)
Civilian Occupation: 992 (Undefined code)
Marital Status: 6 (Single, without dependents)
Component of the Army: 7 (Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Card Number: #
Box Number: 1004
Film Reel Number: 5.66#
December 21, 2011• Obituary
William Curtis BeCraft
Menifee Home for Funerals The Independent
MEANS \emdash William Curtis BeCraft, 86, of Means, died.
He was the husband of Kathy Thomas BeCraft.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Menifee Home for Funerals in Frenchburg. Burial will follow in Curt BeCraft Family Cemetery in Means.
Friends may call after 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.
WILLIAM BECRAFT
1925 - 2011
William Curtis Becraft, age 86, of Becraft Road, Means, Ky., passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at St. Joseph Hospital, Mt. Sterling, Ky., after an extended illness.
He was born May 9, 1925, in Hawkins Branch, Ky., and was the son of the late Herman Becraft and Carrie Williams Becraft.
He was a member of the Slate Creek Pentecostal Church, Means, Ky., and was a retired construction foreman and dozer operator.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one daughter, Van Lisa Becraft, a grandson, Donnie Jay Davis, two sisters, Icy Rose and Beulah Reed, and four brothers, Stanley Becraft, Earnest Becraft, William Herman Becraft Jr., and Tom Becraft, and a daughter-in-law, Linda Marie Becraft.
He is survived by his wife of many years, Kathy Thomas Becraft of Means, Ky., six daughters, Sue and Leonard Wilson and Linda and Virgil Haddix of Jeffersonville, Ky., Barbara and Raymond Frederick of Cynthiana, Ky., Jane and Wayne Paul Mullins of Means, Ky., Nena and Jonathan Netcher of Scott Depot, WV., and Carrie Becraft of Means., Ky., two sons, Stephen and Myra Becraft of Frenchburg, Ky., and Anthony Becraft of Jeffersonville, Ky., one brother, Raymond and Lucille Becraft of Means, Ky., eighteen grandchildren, thirty-one great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday, December 23, 2011, at Menifee Home For Funerals, with Bro. Larry Williams officiating. Burial in the Curt Becraft Family Cemetery, Means, Ky.
Visitation will be at 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Active Pallbearers: Cherokee Willoughby, Terry Davis, Josh Becraft, Travis Wilson, Kyle Wilson, Shane Merkel, Clay Back and Tim Foley.
Honorary Pallbearers: Fred Crouch, Doug Becraft, Josh Sword, Mark Clemons, Quincy Ford, Donnie Lindsey and Bill Rose.
Parents
Father: Herman Becraft
Mother: Carrie Williams
Spouses and Children
1. *Delorice Katheryn Thomas
Children:
1. Van Lisa Becraft
2. Stephen Becraft
3. Anthony Becraft
4. Sue Becraft
5. Linda Becraft
6. Barbara Becraft
7. Jane Ann Becraft
8. Nena Becraft
9. Carrie Becraft
2. America Gross
Notes
Birth Notes:
Certificate # 55-27038.
Sources
1. www.familytreelegends.com.
2. Findagrave.com.