May 12, 2021

Thelma Beckett

Thelma Beckett, 81, of Cape Girardeau Sunday, May 9, 2021, surrounded by her family at her son's home. She was born May 28, 1939, in Delta, daughter of Ira and Mae Seabaugh Gibbons. She and Billy R. Beckett were united in marriage on June 12, 1957. Thelma worked for the Florsheim Shoe factory as a sewer and was of the Pentecostal faith...

Thelma Beckett, 81, of Cape Girardeau Sunday, May 9, 2021, surrounded by her family at her son's home.

She was born May 28, 1939, in Delta, daughter of Ira and Mae Seabaugh Gibbons. She and Billy R. Beckett were united in marriage on June 12, 1957.

Thelma worked for the Florsheim Shoe factory as a sewer and was of the Pentecostal faith.

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She is survived by her children, Joseph (Sherry), Jerry (Lisa), John (Mary), Joyce (Rick), Jeff and James (Kimra); 13 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

She was proceeded in death by her husband, Billy Beckett; parents; brothers, Donald and James Gibbons; and sisters, Faye Seabaugh, Yonnetta Moore, Glendora and Iraena Brown.

A celebration of life will be held today.

Arrangements were under the care of Liley Cremation Services in Cape Girardeau.

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