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Clarence Weldon Beck

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Born 16 Feb 1920 · Died 25 Mar 1995

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1920 U.S. Federal Census Suggested research idea

Next documented: Archdale, Randolph, North Carolina, USA / The Thomasville Times, Thomasville, North Carolina, USA (1995) | Documented in 1920: Davidson County, North Carolina, USA | Check these locations.

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Last documented: Davidson County, North Carolina, USA (1920) | Next documented: Archdale, Randolph, North Carolina, USA / The Thomasville Times, Thomasville, North Carolina, USA (1995) | Check these locations.

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1974 — Parent's Death record: John Franklin Beck Suggested research idea

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1974 — Parent Obituary / death notice: John Franklin Beck Suggested research idea

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Last documented: Davidson County, North Carolina, USA (1920) | Documented in 1995: Archdale, Randolph, North Carolina, USA / Thomasville, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA / The Thomasville Times, Thomasville, North Carolina, USA | Check these locations.

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16 Feb 1920Birth TNG recordUnverified
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25 Mar 1995Death TNG recordUnverified
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28 Mar 1995Obituary TNG recordUnverified

Place: The Thomasville Times, Thomasville, North Carolina, USA

Clarence W. Beck

Clarence Weldon Beck, 75, of 321 Greer Ave., died Saturday, March 25, 1995, at 12:45 p.m. in Evangeline of Archdale after several months of declining health.

Mr. Beck was born in Davidson County Feb. 16, 1920, to John and Zina Grubb Beck. He had been a resident of the High Point area most of his life and was a retired employee of Thomasville Furniture Industries. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was first married to Pauline Byerly, and then to Dorothy Weaver, who preceded him in death.

Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Larry (Joyce) Floyd of St. Cloud, Fla., Mrs. Marvin (Charlotte) Edwards of Martinsville, Va., and Donna Norris of Archdale; son, Clarence L. Beck of Light Road in Thomasville; sister, Mrs. Walter (Louise) Scarlette of Thomasville; brothers, Johnny Beck of Marion, N.C., Lawrence Beck of High Point, Richard Beck of Passagula, Miss., and Bill Beck of Thomasville; 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Funeral will be today at 11 a.m. at Cumby Eastchester Drive Chapel with the Rev. Peter C. Hamilton officiating. Interment will follow in Guilford Memorial Park.

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