Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Arnold Guy Becraft

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Husband Arnold Guy Becraft [3014]

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           Born: 5 May 1931 - Woodbine, Carroll, Maryland, United States 1 2
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           Died: 19 Apr 1998 - Thurmont, Frederick, Maryland, United States 1
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FamilySearch ID: GBQP-CLX

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         Father: Raymond James Becraft [3010] (1891-1955)
         Mother: Sylvia Pauline Poole [3011] (1899-1963)

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Events

• Soc Sec Num: 226-36-4838.

• Event: The News, 23 Mar 1964. A 1953 Plymouth being driven by Vernon Edwin Duvall and owned by Arnold Guy BECRAFT, both of Woodbine, was totally demolished Sunday at p.m. when the vehicle went out of control on the Woodville Road about one and one-half miles north of Plane No. 4, striking a telephone pole and a fence, coming to rest in a field 128 feet from the road. Operator Charged Duv...
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• Event: The News, 19 Jun 1964. Cases Aired In Court Arnold G. BECRAFT, 34 of RFD 2, Woodbine, was acquitted on a charge of drunken driving and found guilty of parking on the traveled portion of a highway in a hearing on Thursday in Magistrate's Court. Substitute Magistrate Robert K. Kennedy fined BECRAFT, who was charged February 8, an...

• Event: The Frederick Post, 20 Jun 1964. Variety Of 1 Cases Heard in Court Here Arnold G. Becrait. 34 of RFD Woodbine, was scq'rrted os a charge of drunken driving and found guilty of parking in the traveled portion of a highway in a hearing on Thursday in Magistrate's Court. Substitute Magistrate Robert K Kensecv used Bet-rait. was charged Feoruarv 8. SiU and court costs oc the parking fine. Trooper P- Richard Sanders said that he found BECRAFT passed out in the front seat of his car which was running. The trooper said the motor was running and Becraft had to be carried to the….

• Event: The Frederick Post, 31 Jul 1973. Arnold W Becraft of Woodbine, was arrested and jailed for loitering on North Market Street...

• His obituary was published in The Frederick Post on 21 Apr 1998. Mr. Arnold Becraft

Mr. Arnold Guy Becraft, 66, of Graceham Road, Thurmont, died Sunday, April 19, at his home.

Born May 5, 1931, in Howard County, he was the son of the late Raymond James and Sylvia Poole Becraft.

He was a self-employed handy-man.

Surviving are one sister, Sylvia LaRue Becraft, and one brother, Raymond James Becraft Jr., both of Florence; and one nephew, Rowland Stanley Becraft, of Charles Town, W.Va.

Services will be held at the convenience of the family.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the charity of one's choice.

Arrangements are being handled by Davis Funeral Home, Smithsburg.

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Sources

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

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 6 Nov 2025), entry for Arnold Guy Becraft, person ID GBQP-CLX.