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Submitted: 6/17/22 • Approved: 7/3/22 • Last Updated: 7/6/22 • R1437053-G1437051-S3
Tony
December 15, 1904 - July 16, 1984
Son of Anton and Mary G Becker
Marguerite
July 17, 1910 - December 30, 2004
Frances Margeritte Pryor Becker “Granny Becker” departed this life on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004, at Crawford Healthcare and Rehab, where she had been a resident 71/2 years.
Mrs. Becker was born July 17, 1910, in Johnson County.
She spent her entire life 94 years in Arkansas, either in Johnson or Crawford counties. She worked as an LPN for many years in Clarksville, both at the hospital and in private practice.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Tony Becker; her parents, Lester and Tina Lamb Pryor; and three sisters, Evelyn Curtis, Beulah Northcutt and Eula Jordan.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Grace and Paul McAllister of Mountainburg; four grandsons, Ron Folsom and Jeff Folsom of Van Buren, Joe Folsom of Bella Vista and Mark Folsom of Barling; six great-grandchildren, Kevin Folsom, Amber Folsom, Joey Folsom, Emily Grace Folsom, Tanner Folsom and Wyatt Folsom; four nieces and two nephews.
“Granny Becker” was loved by all who knew her. She had the most beautiful yard for many years in Van Buren, and was a brilliant seamstress.
Funeral will be 1 p.m. today at Ocker Memorial Chapel in Van Buren with burial at Gracelawn cemetery.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Ron, Joe, Jeff and Mark Folsom, great-grandson, Kevin Folsom and Brian Wylie.
Photo courtesy of Frances Allen Titsworth
Contributed on 6/17/22 by Billsully060
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