Wallace H Becraft and Dorothy Mae Arthur
Husband Wallace H Becraft [7655] 1
Born: 22 Sep 1908 - Bath, Kentucky, United States 2 3 Christened: Died: 13 Nov 1977 - Ashland, Boyd, Kentucky, United States 2 3 4 5![]()
Buried: 15 Nov 1977 - Golden Oaks Memorial Gardens, Ashland, Boyd, Kentucky, United States 6 FamilySearch ID: G7GC-83T Find A Grave ID: 82251164
Father: James Franis Monroe "Roe" Becraft [1478] (1878-1965) Mother: Annie/Anna Belle Pergram [1483] (1876-1930)
Marriage: 24 Dec 1929 - Lawrence, Ohio, United States 7Events
• Soc Sec Num: 402-05-1146.
• He appeared on the Federal census in 1910 in Bath, Kentucky, United States. Magisterial District 5
Hannah Pergram, age 51, Widowed; son Cleveland Pergram, age 23y; son Thurman Pergram, age 20y; son-in-law Roe Becraft, age 31y; dau Annie Becraft, age 32y, grandson Horton Becraft, age 11y; granddaughter Gladys Becraft, age 8y; grandson Brooks Becraft, age 6y; grandson Wallace Becraft, age 3/12.• He appeared on the Federal census in 1930 in Ashland, Boyd, Kentucky, United States. Wallace Becraft, age 26, born 1903, in KY, roomer; Anna age 25, born 1904, wife.
• His obituary was published in the http://www.timeformemory.com/fh_obituary.cfm?obitid=17523&fhid=2. Wallace H. Becraft
1908 - 1977
Burial in East Ashland Memorial Gardens on 11/15/77.
Wife Dorothy Mae Arthur [8283]
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Born: 4 Apr 1909 - Ashland, Boyd, Kentucky, United States 2 7 Christened: Died: 5 Jan 2008 - Ashland, Boyd, Kentucky, United States 2 7![]()
Buried: - Golden Oaks Memorial Gardens, Ashland, Boyd, Kentucky, United States 6 7 FamilySearch ID: GMBP-MLT Find A Grave ID: 79325385Events
• Soc Sec Num: 407-90-1295.
• Her obituary was published in The Daily Independent Online.com on 6 Jan 2008 in Ashland, Boyd, Kentucky, United States. Dorothy Becraft - 1909-2008
Dorothy Mae Becraft, 98, of Ashland, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland.
She was born April 4, 1909, in Ashland, the daughter of the late George C. and Hester Lee Miller Arthur. She was the wife of Wallace Becraft, who passed away in 1977.
She was a homemaker and was a devoted member of Centenary United Methodist Church, where she remained very active until her health no longer permitted. She was an avid traveler who enjoyed many vacations with her brothers and sisters. She will always be remembered as a loving, caring person who saw the very best in everyone.
She was also preceded in death by two brothers, James William Arthur and Charles Semet Arthur; and three sisters, Georgia Kelley, Ellen Davis and Catherine Rohrer.
She is survived by several nieces and nephews and a host of loving caregivers, family and friends.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Steen Funeral Home-Central Avenue Chapel in Ashland by the Rev. Troy Poff. Burial will be in Golden Oaks Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Condolences may be sent to www.steenfuneralhomes.com.
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Children
1 M Fredie Joe Becraft [6308] 8
Born: 30 Sep 1931 - Ashland, Boyd, Kentucky, United States 8 9 Christened:![]()
Died: 30 Sep 1931 - Ashland, Boyd, Kentucky, United States 5 9 Cause of Death: Still born Buried: - Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Boyd, Kentucky, United States 9 FamilySearch ID: GJ8N-V68 Find A Grave ID: 168735967Spouse: Did Not Marry
Death Notes: Husband - Wallace H Becraft
Volume 053; Certificate 26386; Death Volume 1977
Burial Notes: Husband - Wallace H Becraft
Plot Garden of Redeemer
Notes: Marriage (Dorothy Mae Arthur):
Lawrence County Ohio Marriage Indexes
1914-Jan. 1936
Books 24-37
Submitted by Peggy A. Wells
ntblBecraft, Wallace Arthur, Dorothy Page 232 Vol 35
1 (http://www.geneanet.org/redir.php3?sourcename=rftmstuben1t1&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffamilytreemaker.genealogy.com%2Fusers%2Fs%2Ft%2Fu%2FBenjamin-T-Stull%2Ftree1.html).
2 U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index.
3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 8 Nov 2025), entry for Wallace H Becraft, person ID G7GC-83T.
4 Cemetery Database (http://205.204.134.47/cemetery.asp).
5 Ancestry.com (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present.).
6 Findagrave.com.
7 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 Nov 2025), entry for Dorothy Mae Arthur, person ID GMBP-MLT.
8 www.familytreelegends.com.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 Nov 2025), entry for Fredie Joe Becraft, person ID GJ8N-V68.
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