Individual Details

Cora Lee Tompkins

(16 Jun 1884 - 21 Dec 1976)

Mid Cities Daily News, Hurst, Texas, Dec. 22, 1976, Page 5, Col. 5: Beck rites set Friday. Funeral for Mrs. Cora Lee Beck, 91, of 7604 Bogart, North Richland Hills, who died Tuesday at her home, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Lucas Memorial Chapel, Fort Worth, with J. Willard Morrow and Wade Banowsky, ministers, officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olivet. Mrs. Beck, a 40-year resident of North Richland Hills and the Riverside area of Fort Worth was an Army nurse during World War II. She was born in Richmond, Va. She was a longtime member of the Church of Christ. Survivors are a son, Tommy R. Beck, of Fort Worth; brothers, R. A. Tompkins and L. S. Tompkins of Waskom, W. T. Tompkins of Nocona and R. D. Tompkins of Bonita, sisters, Mmes. Willie Mae Colbert of McKinney, Eva T. Jones of Fort Worth, Mary Etta Rackley of Cyril, Okla., and Frances Hall of McKinney; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Events

Birth16 Jun 1884Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia
Residence1930Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas, USA
Residence1 Apr 1940Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas
Death21 Dec 1976Richland Hills, Tarrant Co., Texas
BurialPlot: Acacia Lawn' 1885-1976, Fort Mount Olive Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas
OccupationNurse
ResidenceNorth Richland Hills, Tarrant Co., Texas
BurialMount Olivet Cemetery // Plot: Acacia Lawn, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas

Families

SpouseWilliam Dibbrell Beck (1878 - 1957)
ChildTommy Robert Beck (1920 - 1985)

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