Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors



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Rev James Marco Phillippi and Bessie Leona Heldreth



Husband Rev James Marco Phillippi [15200]

           Born: 24 Jul 1888 - Wytheville, Wythe, Virginia, United States
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Nov 1960 - Wytheville, Wythe, Virginia, United States
         Buried:  - East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Wythe, Virginia, United States 1
FamilySearch ID: LCP6-C37
       Marriage: 5 Jul 1909 - Sullivan, Tennessee, United States 2



Wife Bessie Leona Heldreth [15199]

           Born: 20 Dec 1893 - Virginia, United States
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Dec 1983 - Marion, Smyth, Virginia, United States
         Buried: Dec 1983 - East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Wythe, Virginia, United States 1 2
FamilySearch ID: LZKL-FRX

Events

• Her obituary was published in the A-3 Enterprise on 8 Dec 1983. Funeral services for Bessie Heldreth Phillippi, age 90, of Wytheville, who died Wednesday morning in a Marion hospital, will be conducted Friday at 11 am in the Chapel of the Grubb Funeral Home. The Reverand Richard Hall will be officiating with interment following in the East End Cemetery. She was the widow of Rev. J. Marco Phillippi.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs Virginia BeCraft, Wytheville; two grandsons, Rudolph BeCraft and Jack BeCraft; one great grandson, Brian BeCraft.

The family will receive friends at the Grubb Funeral Home from 7 pm to 9 pm tonight (Thursday). Grubb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.


Children
1 F Virginia Phillippi [6428]

           Born: 16 Apr 1910
     Christened: 


           Died: 5 Aug 1986


         Buried: 7 Aug 1986 - St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Wytheville, Wythe Co, VA 1 3
FamilySearch ID: GMH4-QRM
Find A Grave ID: 41633353
         Spouse: Frank James Becraft [6427] (1904-1977)


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Sources


1 Findagrave.com.

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Nov 2025), entry for Bessie Leona Heldreth, person ID LZKL-FRX.

3 Billion Graves (billiongraves.com).


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