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Submitted: 6/10/17 • Approved: 6/22/17 • Last Updated: 6/25/17 • R1186533-G1186533-S3
July 19, 1935 - September 27, 2011
Obituary
Sherri June Cowan Beck, 76, of Mountain View died on Sept. 27, 2011 at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Arkansas.
Sherri was born on July 19, 1935 to Melvin and Marjorie Cowan in Glendale, California.
In 1955 she married a dashing young sailor from Arkansas named Carl Thomas Beck. Their 37 year marriage was blessed with four children before he passed away in 1992.
In 1966 they moved to Mountain View where she was an active member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church as well as a number of organizations like the Business & Professional Women's Club, the Hospital Auxiliary, the Dorcas Clothing Room and the Airport Commission.
She also had many other interests and hobbies, hiking, baking, crocheting and flying to name just a few. In 1968 she became the first female airplane pilot in Stone County. She held that license for the next 24 years.
Visitation is 5-8 p.m., Thursday, September 29, 2011 at Roller Crouch Chapel, Mtn. View, Arkansas.
Funeral service is 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 30, 2011 at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Mtn. View with Lorn Dewitt officiating and interment in Herpel Cemetery, Mtn. View, Arkansas.
Roller Crouch Funeral Home, Mtn. View is in charge of the arrangements.
Contributed on 6/10/17 by sandhollow
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