The Webster Signal
Minden, La
Nov. 6, 1924

CHAS. J. BECK
DIES AFTER A
LONG ILLNESS
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Chas. J. Beck, Well known Citi-
zen, Dies at Age of 63. Spent
Whole Life Near Minden.
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Webster parish lost one of its best and most substantial citizens when Charles J. Beck, aged 63, succumbed at his home a few miles east of Minden. His death occurred at 3:30 p.m., Monday, October 27, and followed an invalidism of thirteen months resulting from a stroke of paralysis. He had not been able to leave his home since stricken with the malady that caused his death. He was confined to his bed a great part of the time. He has many friends and they all regarded him highly. Many of these visited him during his illness.

The funeral was held the next day after his death and interment was in the family burial ground in Gilgal cemetery, and the services were conducted by the pastor Rev. E.J.G. Carter, Baptist minister. Mr. Beck was a member of Gilgal Baptist church, and he was also a member of the order of Knights of Pythias. His birth occurred in what was then Bienville parish, March 1, 1861, just the month before the beginning of the Civil War.

March 4, 1884, Mr. Beck was married to Miss May Turner, a daughter of the late C.M. "Neil" Turner, who survives him. She was a sister of the late Nat T. Turner, president of the Bank of Webster. He is also survived by four sons and one daughter. They are: C.J. Beck, Jr., of Minden, Dr. E.C. Beck of Garrison, Texas, T.E. Beck of Natchitoches, C.C. Beck of Chicago, and Miss Bettie Beck of Minden.

Mr. Beck was regarded by his friends and acquaintances as a man of sterling worth, meeting the duties and responsibilities of life in a way that made him many close and lasting friends. He was a high type of man, and he discharged all duties of home and country in a manner worthy of emulation. May his soul rest in eternal peace!