Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthDec 21, 1915, North Carolina [1], [1030], [862], [1027]
DeathApr 16, 1995, Alamance County, North Carolina [36], [1030], [1031]
BurialBethel United Methodist Church, 1421 Bethel Methodist Church Rd, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina [36], [1030]
FatherTerry Mack SMITH (1893-1972)
MotherNettie Jane LEA (1895-1933)
Spouses
BirthJun 28, 1915, Alamance County, North Carolina [1], [862], [807], [858]
DeathJul 22, 2004, Alamance County, North Carolina [858]
BurialBethel United Methodist Church, 1421 Bethel Methodist Church Rd, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina [858]
OccupationRetired From Burlington Industries. [858]
FatherJohn William BECKOM (1874-1963)
MotherMary Ida WHITESELL (1875-1955)
MarriageDec 22, 1934, Danville City, Virginia [1], [807], [1029]
Obituary Online notes for Dorothy Elizabeth (Spouse 1)
7/23/2004

OBITUARIES Mrs. Dorothy Beckom Smith 
    BURLINGTON — Mrs. Dorothy Beckom Smith , 89, of Burlington Manor, formerly of Pagetown Road, died Thursday, July 22, 2004, at Alamance Regional Medical Center following a brief illness.
    A native of Alamance County, she was wife of the late William Allen Smith  and daughter of the late John William and Mary Ida Whitesell Beckom . She was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church, volunteered with Alamance County Hospital Auxiliary, and retired from Burlington Industries J. Spencer Love Plant.
    She is survived by two daughters, Hazel Wrenn and husband, Bill, of Raleigh and Nettie Buckner of Pagetown, Burlington; four grandchildren, Beverly Jackson, Butch Wrenn and wife, Kelly, Tammy Blumreiter and Keith Buckner; three great-grandchildren, Cathryn, Matthew and Madison; one sister, Annie Lee Madren and husband, Joe, of Burlington. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; five brothers, Tom Beckom , Ernest Beckom , Jack Beckom , Jim Beckom  and Bud Beckom ; five sisters, Florence Faucette, Maggie Smith , Pearl Ingold, Bertha Garrison and Ethel Mansfield.
    Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, July 24, 2004, at Bethel United Methodist Church by the Rev. Renee Burnette, pastor. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Smith  will remain at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory until taken to the church to lie in state 30 minutes prior to the funeral service. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 this evening, and at other times at the home of the daughter, Nettie Buckner, 5032 Pagetown Road, Burlington, N.C. [858]
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