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-C37Marriage: 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-FRXEvents
• 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: 41633353Spouse: Frank James Becraft [6427] (1904-1977)
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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