MILDRED LOUISE WINFREY BECKHAM
MILDRED LOUISE WINFREY BECKHAM, 71, of Houston, Texas, entered into eternal rest and went to meet her lord and savior on Thursday June 7, 2001. Louise was born In Shepherd, TX. on November 9, 1929. She was a member of Beaumont Place Baptist Church. She graduated from Charles H. Milby School in 1948. The courage and strength she demonstrated during a long and painful illness taught us how to live and love. She will remain in our hearts forever. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt. Proceeded in death by her loving husband of 49 years, L.C. Beckham, her parents, Z. T. and Ada Winfrey, two brothers, Almon Winfrey and Bill and wife Emma Lee Winfrey. Survivors include three wonderful daughters, Marilynn Caughlin and husband Joe of Dayton, Linda Dollahan and husband Harry of Marion, and Elizabeth Crum and husband Eugene of Houston. One brother, Howard Lee Winfrey, of Houston, one sister Mary Alice Hollis and husband Alton R. of Houston, sister-in-law, Reba Winfrey of Livingston, sister-in-law Margaret Aber and husband Bill of Bellaire, nine grandchildren and thirteen great-grand children, and numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. A“Celebration of Life" will be held in her honor on August 12, 2001, private interment at Houston National Cemetery of August 13, 2001.