Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Homer Mitchell "Bill" Becraft and Jennie Mae Day

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Husband Homer Mitchell "Bill" Becraft [1716]

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           Born: 31 Mar 1925 - Mason, Kentucky, United States 1 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Feb 1997 - Jeffersonville, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 1 3 4
         Buried: 1 Mar 1997 - Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, Montgomery Co, KY 3
FamilySearch ID: LTY1-LMH
Find A Grave ID: 19864602

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         Father: Charles Leonard "Charlie" Becraft [1687] (1889-1969)
         Mother: Sarah Margaret Pitts [1688] (1886-1966)

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       Marriage: 

Events

• Soc Sec Num: 406-20-8315.

• He appeared on the 1930 Census census in 1930 in Camargo, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States. Charles Becraft age 36 listed as head of house with wife Margaret age 39 and children Shirley (son) age 14; George age 13; Ernest age 12; Earl age 8; Easter M. age 6; Homer age 5; John G age 2.

• His obituary was published in the Lexington Herald-Leader on 28 Feb 1997. MOUNT STERLING - Homer "Bill" Becraft, 71, Becraft Road, widower of Jennie Day Becraft, died Wednesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Herald & Stewart Home for ...

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Wife Jennie Mae Day [1717]

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           Born: 10 May 1929 - Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 3 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Jul 1978 - Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 3 5 6

         Buried:  - Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, Montgomery Co, KY 3
FamilySearch ID: PM4P-CQ1
Find A Grave ID: 19864603

Events

• Soc Sec Num: 406-66-0691. JENNIE BECRAFT 15 May 1929 Jul 1978 40337 (Jeffersonville, Montgomery, KY )(none specified)406-66-0691Kentucky
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Children

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1 M Charles Edward "Sonny" Becraft [1718]

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           Born: 7 Feb 1948 - Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 May 2015 - Jeffersonville, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States
         Buried: 29 May 2015 - Fortune Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Montgomery Co, KY
FamilySearch ID: PMH4-HPD
Find A Grave ID: 234988377

         Spouse: Joyce Marie Nolan 8 [8764] (1956-2014)
           Marr: (Divorced on 10 Nov 1982)

         Spouse: Nancy Jo Davis [12835] (1959-2021)

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2 F Margaret Becraft [1719] (details suppressed for this person)

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           Born: 
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Birth Notes: Husband - Homer Mitchell "Bill" Becraft

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Certificate # 97-48022.

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Death Notes: Husband - Homer Mitchell "Bill" Becraft

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Volume 013; Certificate 06455; Death Volume 1997

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Death Notes: Wife - Jennie Mae Day

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Volume 37; Certificate 18315; Death Volume 1978

Sources

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

2 www.familytreelegends.com.

3 Findagrave.com.

4 Ancestry.com (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present.), BECRAFT, HOMER M, age 071, FAYETTE, MONTGOMERY, 02-26-1997, 013, 06455, 1997.

5 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 11 Nov 2025), entry for Jennie Mae Day, person ID PM4P-CQ1.

6 Ancestry.com (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present.).

7 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 11 Nov 2025), entry for Charles Edward "Sonny" Becraft, person ID PMH4-HPD.

8 www.familytreelegends.com, Kentucky Divorces, 1907-1998.