Cecil Edmund Becraft and Evelyn Bernice Bordeaux
Husband Cecil Edmund Becraft [1774]
Born: 22 Jun 1921 - Indiana, United States 1 2 3 Christened: Died: 23 Sep 1989 - Southport, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States 1 2 3 4![]()
Buried: Sep 1989 - Northwood Cemetery, Southport, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States 2 3 FamilySearch ID: GS1M-NBX Find A Grave ID: 22897826
Father: Harley Becraft [1181] (1893-1950) Mother: Dorothy Isabella McCorkhill [1182] (1904-1938) 5
Marriage:Events
• He was employed as a Southport Texaco in Southport, IN. Owned and operated for many years.
• Soc Sec Num: 307-12-8987.
• He appeared on the 1930 Census census in 1930 in Spiceland, Henry Co, IN. Cecil E. Becraft age 8 listed with father Harley Becraft age 38 listed as head of household mother Dortha Becraft age 26 and siblings Mary T. age 7; Imogene age 5; Leslie L age 3 and Ralph E. age 1.
• Military: AAD, 19 Oct 1942, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States. Army Serial Number: 35563720
Name: Becraft, Cecil E
Residence: State #51 (IN)
Residence: County 139 (Rush)
Place of Enlistment: 5140 (Indianapolis IN)
Date of Enlistment Day: 19
Date of Enlistment Month: 10
Date of Enlistment Year: 42
Grade: Alpha Designation: PVT# (Private)
Grade: Code 8
Branch: Alpha Designation: BI# (Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA)
Branch: Code: 00
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: 51 (IN)
Year of Birth: 21
Race and Citizenship: 1 (White, citizen)
Education: 0 (Grammar school)
Civilian Occupation: 735 (Semiskilled routemen)
Marital Status: 6 (Single, without dependents)
Component of the Army: 7 (Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Card Number: #
Box Number: 0959
Film Reel Number: 5.21#
.• Event: National Road Traveler, 19 Jul 1951. Man at City Dump
(Knightstown Banner)
Cecil Becraft, Rushville, was arrested by local law officers on two...• He died on 23 Sep 1989 in Southport, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States. Name:
Cecil Edman Becraft
Gender:Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date:23 Sep 1989
Death Place:Southport, Brunswick, North Carolina
Age:68
Birth Date:1921
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status:Married
Spouse's Name:Bernice Bordeaux
Father's Name:Harley Becraft
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:Dorothy Mccorkle
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:I09305-6
System Origin:North Carolina-EASy
Source Film Number:1991562
Reference Number:cn 37836.
Wife Evelyn Bernice Bordeaux [3103]
Born: 19 Dec 1926 - Wilmington, North Carolina, United States 1 3 6 Christened: Died: 14 Nov 2003 - Southport, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States 1 3 6![]()
Buried: - Northwood Cemetery, Southport, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States 3 7 FamilySearch ID: L1SJ-J6X Find A Grave ID: 22897834Events
• Soc Sec Num: 242-32-4081.
• Her obituary was published in the Wilmington on 16 Nov 2003. BECRAFT, Evelyn Bernice (BORDEAUX); 76; ; Wilmington S-N (NC); 2003-11-16; rtsy.
Children
1 F Dorothy Mae Becraft [3105] (details suppressed for this person)
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Robert Neal Clevenger Jr. [3106] (living)
2 M Harley Ray Becraft [3104]
Born: 28 May 1945 - New Hanover, NC 1 Christened: Died: 23 Apr 2007 1![]()
Buried: 28 Apr 2007 - Northwood Cemetery, Southport, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States 3 8 Find A Grave ID: 33846780Spouse: Judy Long [11079] (living)
3 F Belinda Kay Becraft [3107] (details suppressed for this person)
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Stephen Michael Clark [3108] (living)
4 F Bonnie B. Becraft [3109] (details suppressed for this person)
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Hewlett Demoleyns Lewis [3110] (living)
5 F Denise Gay Becraft [3111] (details suppressed for this person)
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Herbert Gene Ballard [3112] (living)
Burial Notes: Husband - Cecil Edmund Becraft
Inscription
"Peace in the Valley"
PFC US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Middle name reads "Edmund" on main headstone; "Edman" on individual military marker.
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 Cecil Edmund Becraft, person ID GS1M-NBX.
3 Findagrave.com.
4 dad1037@yahoo.com (Emails, etc from her sources.).
5 Lorraine Plotner Becraft.
6 Wilmington Star.
7 Wilmington Star, 11/17/2003, Ancestry.com link.
8
gravelocator.cem.va.gov.
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