Corporal Grady Beacham was a member of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC.
Date of Death: December 2, 1948
Rank: Corporal
Location of Death: 1601 Montello Avenue, NE
Circumstance:
Corporal Beacham, of the Ninth Precinct, and two other officers, responded to a domestic call in which a female reported that the armed suspect barricaded himself in the bedroom. One officer covered the rear and Corporal Beacham and another kicked open the bedroom door. Corporal Beacham was met with a shotgun blast to the chest and died instantly. His partner, Harvey Womble (Memorial number 65652710), returned fire and killed the suspect, Robert Wilkerson.
Corporal Beacham, survived by his wife, Ester Bee Tillett Beacham and daughter, Ina Lynn (11 years old) was buried in Kitty Hawk,(Dare County, the Outer Banks) North Carolina.
Corporal Beacham had made his home at 4300 N. 18th Street, Arlington, Virginia.
In addition to his wife and daughter, Corporal Beacham was survived by the following brothers and sisters:
Shelton Burrus Beacham; DOB: January 24, 1896, died December 21, 1968
Eldridge Elisha Beacham (Tillett); DOB: July 24, 1899 died May 1969
Annie Blanche Beacham (Midgett); DOB: September 5, 1901 died September 11, 1995
Dexter Alvin Beacham; DOB: June 18, 1905 died February 10, 1982
Zola Milford Beacham (Tillett); DOB: September 20, 1914 died March 8, 1997.
Many thanks to Ray and Sandy Midgett of Dare County North Carolina for their assistance on this memorial.
Grady A Beacham, "United States Census, 1940"
Name: Grady A Beacham
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Arlington County, Arlington, Virginia, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: North Carolina
Birth Year (Estimated): 1908
Last Place of Residence: Same House
District: 7-8B
Family Number: 57
Sheet Number and Letter: 3B
Line Number: 46
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 4245
Digital Folder Number: 005449037
Image Number: 00245
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Grady A Beacham M 32 North Carolina
Wife Ester Beacham F 27 North Carolina
Daughter Inalyne Beacham F 2 Virginia
"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRY7-149 : accessed 20 Mar 2014), Grady A Beacham, Arlington County, Arlington, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-8B, sheet 3B, family 57, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 4245.∼Son of Decatur & Annie Eliza Perry Beacham. Buried next to Ester B. Beacham∼Grady Beacham was a Corporal in the City Police Department for Washington D.C. Corp. Beacham and fellow Officers were responding to a domestic disturbance call. A female at the residence reported that a male was barricaded in her bedroom, armed with a shotgun. One Officer covered the rear of the home, behind the bedroom. The other two Officers tried to gain entry at the front of the bedroom. Corp. Beacham kicked in the door, but was met with gunfire. His partner returned fire, killing the suspect.
Date of Death: December 2, 1948
Rank: Corporal
Location of Death: 1601 Montello Avenue, NE
Circumstance:
Corporal Beacham, of the Ninth Precinct, and two other officers, responded to a domestic call in which a female reported that the armed suspect barricaded himself in the bedroom. One officer covered the rear and Corporal Beacham and another kicked open the bedroom door. Corporal Beacham was met with a shotgun blast to the chest and died instantly. His partner, Harvey Womble (Memorial number 65652710), returned fire and killed the suspect, Robert Wilkerson.
Corporal Beacham, survived by his wife, Ester Bee Tillett Beacham and daughter, Ina Lynn (11 years old) was buried in Kitty Hawk,(Dare County, the Outer Banks) North Carolina.
Corporal Beacham had made his home at 4300 N. 18th Street, Arlington, Virginia.
In addition to his wife and daughter, Corporal Beacham was survived by the following brothers and sisters:
Shelton Burrus Beacham; DOB: January 24, 1896, died December 21, 1968
Eldridge Elisha Beacham (Tillett); DOB: July 24, 1899 died May 1969
Annie Blanche Beacham (Midgett); DOB: September 5, 1901 died September 11, 1995
Dexter Alvin Beacham; DOB: June 18, 1905 died February 10, 1982
Zola Milford Beacham (Tillett); DOB: September 20, 1914 died March 8, 1997.
Many thanks to Ray and Sandy Midgett of Dare County North Carolina for their assistance on this memorial.
Grady A Beacham, "United States Census, 1940"
Name: Grady A Beacham
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Arlington County, Arlington, Virginia, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: North Carolina
Birth Year (Estimated): 1908
Last Place of Residence: Same House
District: 7-8B
Family Number: 57
Sheet Number and Letter: 3B
Line Number: 46
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 4245
Digital Folder Number: 005449037
Image Number: 00245
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Grady A Beacham M 32 North Carolina
Wife Ester Beacham F 27 North Carolina
Daughter Inalyne Beacham F 2 Virginia
"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRY7-149 : accessed 20 Mar 2014), Grady A Beacham, Arlington County, Arlington, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-8B, sheet 3B, family 57, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 4245.∼Son of Decatur & Annie Eliza Perry Beacham. Buried next to Ester B. Beacham∼Grady Beacham was a Corporal in the City Police Department for Washington D.C. Corp. Beacham and fellow Officers were responding to a domestic disturbance call. A female at the residence reported that a male was barricaded in her bedroom, armed with a shotgun. One Officer covered the rear of the home, behind the bedroom. The other two Officers tried to gain entry at the front of the bedroom. Corp. Beacham kicked in the door, but was met with gunfire. His partner returned fire, killing the suspect.
Corporal Grady Beacham was a member of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC.
Date of Death: December 2, 1948
Rank: Corporal
Location of Death: 1601 Montello Avenue, NE
Circumstance:
Corporal Beacham, of the Ninth Precinct, and two other officers, responded to a domestic call in which a female reported that the armed suspect barricaded himself in the bedroom. One officer covered the rear and Corporal Beacham and another kicked open the bedroom door. Corporal Beacham was met with a shotgun blast to the chest and died instantly. His partner, Harvey Womble (Memorial number 65652710), returned fire and killed the suspect, Robert Wilkerson.
Corporal Beacham, survived by his wife, Ester Bee Tillett Beacham and daughter, Ina Lynn (11 years old) was buried in Kitty Hawk,(Dare County, the Outer Banks) North Carolina.
Corporal Beacham had made his home at 4300 N. 18th Street, Arlington, Virginia.
In addition to his wife and daughter, Corporal Beacham was survived by the following brothers and sisters:
Shelton Burrus Beacham; DOB: January 24, 1896, died December 21, 1968
Eldridge Elisha Beacham (Tillett); DOB: July 24, 1899 died May 1969
Annie Blanche Beacham (Midgett); DOB: September 5, 1901 died September 11, 1995
Dexter Alvin Beacham; DOB: June 18, 1905 died February 10, 1982
Zola Milford Beacham (Tillett); DOB: September 20, 1914 died March 8, 1997.
Many thanks to Ray and Sandy Midgett of Dare County North Carolina for their assistance on this memorial.
Grady A Beacham, "United States Census, 1940"
Name: Grady A Beacham
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Arlington County, Arlington, Virginia, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: North Carolina
Birth Year (Estimated): 1908
Last Place of Residence: Same House
District: 7-8B
Family Number: 57
Sheet Number and Letter: 3B
Line Number: 46
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 4245
Digital Folder Number: 005449037
Image Number: 00245
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Grady A Beacham M 32 North Carolina
Wife Ester Beacham F 27 North Carolina
Daughter Inalyne Beacham F 2 Virginia
"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRY7-149 : accessed 20 Mar 2014), Grady A Beacham, Arlington County, Arlington, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-8B, sheet 3B, family 57, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 4245.∼Son of Decatur & Annie Eliza Perry Beacham. Buried next to Ester B. Beacham∼Grady Beacham was a Corporal in the City Police Department for Washington D.C. Corp. Beacham and fellow Officers were responding to a domestic disturbance call. A female at the residence reported that a male was barricaded in her bedroom, armed with a shotgun. One Officer covered the rear of the home, behind the bedroom. The other two Officers tried to gain entry at the front of the bedroom. Corp. Beacham kicked in the door, but was met with gunfire. His partner returned fire, killing the suspect.
Date of Death: December 2, 1948
Rank: Corporal
Location of Death: 1601 Montello Avenue, NE
Circumstance:
Corporal Beacham, of the Ninth Precinct, and two other officers, responded to a domestic call in which a female reported that the armed suspect barricaded himself in the bedroom. One officer covered the rear and Corporal Beacham and another kicked open the bedroom door. Corporal Beacham was met with a shotgun blast to the chest and died instantly. His partner, Harvey Womble (Memorial number 65652710), returned fire and killed the suspect, Robert Wilkerson.
Corporal Beacham, survived by his wife, Ester Bee Tillett Beacham and daughter, Ina Lynn (11 years old) was buried in Kitty Hawk,(Dare County, the Outer Banks) North Carolina.
Corporal Beacham had made his home at 4300 N. 18th Street, Arlington, Virginia.
In addition to his wife and daughter, Corporal Beacham was survived by the following brothers and sisters:
Shelton Burrus Beacham; DOB: January 24, 1896, died December 21, 1968
Eldridge Elisha Beacham (Tillett); DOB: July 24, 1899 died May 1969
Annie Blanche Beacham (Midgett); DOB: September 5, 1901 died September 11, 1995
Dexter Alvin Beacham; DOB: June 18, 1905 died February 10, 1982
Zola Milford Beacham (Tillett); DOB: September 20, 1914 died March 8, 1997.
Many thanks to Ray and Sandy Midgett of Dare County North Carolina for their assistance on this memorial.
Grady A Beacham, "United States Census, 1940"
Name: Grady A Beacham
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Arlington County, Arlington, Virginia, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: North Carolina
Birth Year (Estimated): 1908
Last Place of Residence: Same House
District: 7-8B
Family Number: 57
Sheet Number and Letter: 3B
Line Number: 46
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 4245
Digital Folder Number: 005449037
Image Number: 00245
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Grady A Beacham M 32 North Carolina
Wife Ester Beacham F 27 North Carolina
Daughter Inalyne Beacham F 2 Virginia
"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRY7-149 : accessed 20 Mar 2014), Grady A Beacham, Arlington County, Arlington, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-8B, sheet 3B, family 57, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 4245.∼Son of Decatur & Annie Eliza Perry Beacham. Buried next to Ester B. Beacham∼Grady Beacham was a Corporal in the City Police Department for Washington D.C. Corp. Beacham and fellow Officers were responding to a domestic disturbance call. A female at the residence reported that a male was barricaded in her bedroom, armed with a shotgun. One Officer covered the rear of the home, behind the bedroom. The other two Officers tried to gain entry at the front of the bedroom. Corp. Beacham kicked in the door, but was met with gunfire. His partner returned fire, killing the suspect.
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