Johnnie Becraft and June Donathan
Husband Johnnie Becraft [3802] 1
Born: 20 Sep 1921 2 Christened: Died: 29 Nov 1964 - Bath, Kentucky, United States 2 3 4![]()
Buried: - Lower Salt Lick Cemetery, Salt Lick, Bath, Kentucky, United States 2 FamilySearch ID: L27R-Q29 Find A Grave ID: 40074554
Father: Fielden Benjamin Becraft [526] (1874-1957) Mother: Magdalene Thornsburg [1463] (1887-1973)
Marriage: 29 Jun 1942Events
• Military: Tec5 334 QM Truck Co. WW2.
• He appeared on the Federal census in 1930 in Bath, Kentucky, United States. Fielding Beecroft, born about 1875; wife Maggie, 1887; Myrtie, 1917; Lily, 1919; Johnny, 1922; Sherman, 1927.
• Military: AAD, 14 Jul 1942, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. Army Serial Number: 35462358
Name: Becraft, Johnnie
Residence: State #52 (KY)
Residence: County 011 (Bath)
Place of Enlistment: 5321 (Cincinnati OHIO)
Date of Enlistment Day: 14
Date of Enlistment Month: 07
Date of Enlistment Year: 42
Grade: Alpha Designation: -V0# (Undefined Code)
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: 52 (KY)
Year of Birth: 21
Race and Citizenship: 1 (White, citizen)
Education: 0 (Grammar school)
Civilian Occupation: 306 (General farmers)
Marital Status: 6 (Single, without dependents)
Component of the Army: 7 (Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Card Number: #
Box Number: 0944
Film Reel Number: 5.6# #
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Wife June Donathan [8643]
Born: 1 Jun 1922 - Bath, Kentucky, United States 5 Christened:![]()
Died: 1 Apr 2002 - Mt. Sterling, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States![]()
Buried: 4 Apr 2002 - Lower Salt Lick Cemetery, Salt Lick, Bath, Kentucky, United States 2 FamilySearch ID: L27R-QVB Find A Grave ID: 21511056
Father: Alford Donathan [11887] Mother: Becky Traylor [11888]
Events
• Soc Sec Num: 404-08-2889.
• Her obituary was published in the Bath County News on 2 Apr 2002. June Becraft, 79, of Olympia passes away after extended illness
June Donathan Becraft, 79, of Olympia, passed away Monday, April 1, 2002, at Mary Chiles Hospital in Mt. Sterling after an extended illness. She was born June 1, 1922, in Bath County, the daughter of the late Alford and Becky Traylor Donathan. She was a homemaker and widow of the late Johnnie Becraft.
Survivors include two daughters, Bertha Purvis and Etta Crouch, both of Olympia; one sone Harlen Maxie Becraft of Belle Glade, Florida; one brother, Harlen Donathan of Owingsville; six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, April 4, 2002, at 2:00 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home in Salt Lick with Bro. Dave McCarty and Bro. Frank Sands officiating. Burial will follow in Lower Salt Lick Cemetery.• Her obituary was published in the Lexington Herald-Leader on 3 Apr 2002. SALT LICK -- June Donathan Becraft, 79, Olympia, homemaker, widow of Johnnie Becraft, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Thursday, Powell Funeral Home. ...
• Her obituary was published in the Bath County News on 4 Apr 2002. June Becraft, 79, of Olympia passes away after extended illness
June Donathan Becraft, 79 of Olympia passed away Monday, April 1, 2002 at Mary Chiles Hospital in Mt. Sterling after an extended illness. She was born June 1, 1922, in Bath County, the daughter of the late Alford and Becky Traylor Donathan. She was a homemaker and widow of the late Johnnie Becraft.
Survivors include two daughters, Bertha Purvis and Etta Crouch, both of Olympia; one sone Harlen Maxie Becraft of Belle Glade, Florida; one brother, Harlen DOnathan of Owingsville; six grandchildern and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, April 4, 2002, at 2:0 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home in Salt Lick with Bro. Dave McCarty and Bro. Frank Sands officiating. Burial will follow in Lower Salt Lick Cemetery.
Children
1 M Harlen Maxie "Mac" Becraft [8781]
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Born: 18 Jan 1947 - Salt Lick, Bath, Kentucky, United States Christened: Died: 30 Aug 2022 - Atlantis, Palm Beach Co, FL Buried: 5 Sep 2022 - Mann Cemetery, Olympia, Bath Co, KY Find A Grave ID: 243148055Spouse: Bonnie R Hatton [15884] (living)
2 F Bertha L Becraft [8782]
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Born: 26 Feb 1951 - Bath, Kentucky, United States 6 Christened: Died: 13 Nov 2022 - Mount Sterling, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 6 Buried: 17 Nov 2022 - Mann Cemetery, Olympia, Bath Co, KY FamilySearch ID: GGSX-6L3Spouse: Austin Purvis [8784] (living)
3 F Etta M Becraft [8783] (details suppressed for this person)
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Garrett F Crouch [8785] (living)
Death Notes: Husband - Johnnie Becraft
Volume 054; Certificate 26827; Death Volume 1964
1 Amy Rummelhart (azureami@hotmail.com), "Amy's Tree" (http://www.gencircles.com/users/daygirl/5/data/4565).
2 Findagrave.com.
3 Ancestry.com (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present.), BECRAFT, JOHNNIE, age 043, BATH, BATH, 11-29-1964, 054, 26827, 1964.
4 www.familytreelegends.com.
5 U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 6 Nov 2025), entry for Bertha L Becraft, person ID GGSX-6L3.
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