Rachel Montgomery Beckner, 80, of Wirtz, Va., passed away on Friday, February 25, 2011, at her home surrounded by her loving family.
She was born on December 5, 1930, in Franklin County, Va., a daughter of the late John Lee and Cora Kingery Montgomery. She grew up and lived with her family until she was united in marriage to Lewis Harmon Beckner ,of Forsyth County, N.C., on September 27, 1952. Here they established their home where they lived and worked on the family farm. She moved to Franklin County, Va., in 1962 with her family where they continued farming.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis Harmon Beckner. Surviving are her two sons and daughtersin-law, Byron Jay and Irene Beckner, and Harmon Lee and Wanda Beckner; one daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl Kingery Bower and Ronald; nine grandchildren, Curtis Beckner and wife, Marcie, Daryl Beckner, Sandra Beckner, Rita Miller and husband, James, Joey Beckner, Andy Beckner, Tommy Bower and wife, Susan, Crystal Bower and Deanna Bower; five greatgrandchildren, Zayne, Zolton and Zion Beckner, and Blake and Mindy Bower; one brother and sister-in-law, Daniel and Annie Montgomery; one sister and brother-in-law, Lois and Joseph Denlinger; and brothers and sisters-in-law, Velma Montgomery, Louise Klopfenstein, Virgil Jamison, Emma Montgomery, Janie Montgomery, Paul and Hazel Beckner, Vernon Jamison, and Mary Bayer.
Funeral Services will be conducted from Oak Hill Old German Baptist Brethren Church 10 a.m. on Monday, February 28, 2011, with the Brethren officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Her family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, February 26, 2011, and from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at Oak Hill Church.
She was born on December 5, 1930, in Franklin County, Va., a daughter of the late John Lee and Cora Kingery Montgomery. She grew up and lived with her family until she was united in marriage to Lewis Harmon Beckner ,of Forsyth County, N.C., on September 27, 1952. Here they established their home where they lived and worked on the family farm. She moved to Franklin County, Va., in 1962 with her family where they continued farming.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis Harmon Beckner. Surviving are her two sons and daughtersin-law, Byron Jay and Irene Beckner, and Harmon Lee and Wanda Beckner; one daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl Kingery Bower and Ronald; nine grandchildren, Curtis Beckner and wife, Marcie, Daryl Beckner, Sandra Beckner, Rita Miller and husband, James, Joey Beckner, Andy Beckner, Tommy Bower and wife, Susan, Crystal Bower and Deanna Bower; five greatgrandchildren, Zayne, Zolton and Zion Beckner, and Blake and Mindy Bower; one brother and sister-in-law, Daniel and Annie Montgomery; one sister and brother-in-law, Lois and Joseph Denlinger; and brothers and sisters-in-law, Velma Montgomery, Louise Klopfenstein, Virgil Jamison, Emma Montgomery, Janie Montgomery, Paul and Hazel Beckner, Vernon Jamison, and Mary Bayer.
Funeral Services will be conducted from Oak Hill Old German Baptist Brethren Church 10 a.m. on Monday, February 28, 2011, with the Brethren officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Her family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, February 26, 2011, and from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at Oak Hill Church.
Rachel Montgomery Beckner, 80, of Wirtz, Va., passed away on Friday, February 25, 2011, at her home surrounded by her loving family.
She was born on December 5, 1930, in Franklin County, Va., a daughter of the late John Lee and Cora Kingery Montgomery. She grew up and lived with her family until she was united in marriage to Lewis Harmon Beckner ,of Forsyth County, N.C., on September 27, 1952. Here they established their home where they lived and worked on the family farm. She moved to Franklin County, Va., in 1962 with her family where they continued farming.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis Harmon Beckner. Surviving are her two sons and daughtersin-law, Byron Jay and Irene Beckner, and Harmon Lee and Wanda Beckner; one daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl Kingery Bower and Ronald; nine grandchildren, Curtis Beckner and wife, Marcie, Daryl Beckner, Sandra Beckner, Rita Miller and husband, James, Joey Beckner, Andy Beckner, Tommy Bower and wife, Susan, Crystal Bower and Deanna Bower; five greatgrandchildren, Zayne, Zolton and Zion Beckner, and Blake and Mindy Bower; one brother and sister-in-law, Daniel and Annie Montgomery; one sister and brother-in-law, Lois and Joseph Denlinger; and brothers and sisters-in-law, Velma Montgomery, Louise Klopfenstein, Virgil Jamison, Emma Montgomery, Janie Montgomery, Paul and Hazel Beckner, Vernon Jamison, and Mary Bayer.
Funeral Services will be conducted from Oak Hill Old German Baptist Brethren Church 10 a.m. on Monday, February 28, 2011, with the Brethren officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Her family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, February 26, 2011, and from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at Oak Hill Church.
She was born on December 5, 1930, in Franklin County, Va., a daughter of the late John Lee and Cora Kingery Montgomery. She grew up and lived with her family until she was united in marriage to Lewis Harmon Beckner ,of Forsyth County, N.C., on September 27, 1952. Here they established their home where they lived and worked on the family farm. She moved to Franklin County, Va., in 1962 with her family where they continued farming.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis Harmon Beckner. Surviving are her two sons and daughtersin-law, Byron Jay and Irene Beckner, and Harmon Lee and Wanda Beckner; one daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl Kingery Bower and Ronald; nine grandchildren, Curtis Beckner and wife, Marcie, Daryl Beckner, Sandra Beckner, Rita Miller and husband, James, Joey Beckner, Andy Beckner, Tommy Bower and wife, Susan, Crystal Bower and Deanna Bower; five greatgrandchildren, Zayne, Zolton and Zion Beckner, and Blake and Mindy Bower; one brother and sister-in-law, Daniel and Annie Montgomery; one sister and brother-in-law, Lois and Joseph Denlinger; and brothers and sisters-in-law, Velma Montgomery, Louise Klopfenstein, Virgil Jamison, Emma Montgomery, Janie Montgomery, Paul and Hazel Beckner, Vernon Jamison, and Mary Bayer.
Funeral Services will be conducted from Oak Hill Old German Baptist Brethren Church 10 a.m. on Monday, February 28, 2011, with the Brethren officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Her family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, February 26, 2011, and from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at Oak Hill Church.
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