October 19, 2014

Thelma Beckwith

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Thelma Fisher Dunn Hodges Beckwith, 85, of Olive Branch died at 2:50 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, at Hunter Acres Nursing Home. She was born Aug. 20, 1929, in Benton, Illinois, to Harry and Myrtle Jordan Fisher. Thelma was a homemaker...

Thelma Beckwith

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Thelma Fisher Dunn Hodges Beckwith, 85, of Olive Branch died at 2:50 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, at Hunter Acres Nursing Home.

She was born Aug. 20, 1929, in Benton, Illinois, to Harry and Myrtle Jordan Fisher.

Thelma was a homemaker.

Survivors include her four grandchildren, John Eric, Melissa, Jonathan and Shyenn; 11 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; half-brother George Hudson Fisher of Olive Branch; and other relatives.

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She was preceded in death by her parents; son John Harry Dunn; three brothers, Raymond Earl, Norman Randal and Ray Eugene; half-brother Charles Edward; and half-sister Earlene Salmon.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Illinois.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, with the Rev. Larry Buckles officiating. Interment will be in the Sims Cemetery in Elco, Illinois.

To leave online condolences, visit crainsonline.com.

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