Mrs. Becton was born on June 1, 1923, in Pelham, Ga., to the late J.F. Simpson and Mary Maude Kelly Simpson. They moved to Florida but later moved back to Georgia, where her father was in the retail grocery business in Cairo. In 1940 she graduated from Cairo High School and from Freeman Business College in Albany in 1941.
She worked for the department of Agriculture in Cairo and after WWII began work at Finney Gen. Hospital in Thomasville, where wounded service men were hospitalized. She worked in Civilian Personnel as a recruiter and interviewer and conducted Civil Service Examination. After the war she transferred to Atlanta to the VA regional office. Later she worked for war assets administration and upon its termination transferred to Fort McPherson, where she worked as an executive secretary in transportation and engineer department. Her last federal position was at Atlanta Army depot, where she retired with 30 years federal service.
She and her husband, Lt. Col (USA Ret) Wendell R. Becton Sr., moved to Gainesville in 1974. They were active in First Baptist Church and several local organizations. She was twice widowed. In 1963 Ernest N. Scoggins died and Lt. Col Wendell R. Becton in 2000. And Wilburn A. Simpson, a brother, Kelly Simpson predeceased her.
Mrs. Becton was born on June 1, 1923, in Pelham, Ga., to the late J.F. Simpson and Mary Maude Kelly Simpson. They moved to Florida but later moved back to Georgia, where her father was in the retail grocery business in Cairo. In 1940 she graduated from Cairo High School and from Freeman Business College in Albany in 1941.
She worked for the department of Agriculture in Cairo and after WWII began work at Finney Gen. Hospital in Thomasville, where wounded service men were hospitalized. She worked in Civilian Personnel as a recruiter and interviewer and conducted Civil Service Examination. After the war she transferred to Atlanta to the VA regional office. Later she worked for war assets administration and upon its termination transferred to Fort McPherson, where she worked as an executive secretary in transportation and engineer department. Her last federal position was at Atlanta Army depot, where she retired with 30 years federal service.
She and her husband, Lt. Col (USA Ret) Wendell R. Becton Sr., moved to Gainesville in 1974. They were active in First Baptist Church and several local organizations. She was twice widowed. In 1963 Ernest N. Scoggins died and Lt. Col Wendell R. Becton in 2000. And Wilburn A. Simpson, a brother, Kelly Simpson predeceased her.
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