Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Becker, Jacob Charles 151229

Birth: 09/13/1894 Death: 11/08/1955 Marriage: 09/16/1930

Cemetery: Meadowbrook (G-024-03)

Record Source: Texas Death Certificate, The Paris News

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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/16/2025)

Notes

THE PARIS NEWS, November 8, 1955: "J. C. Becker, 70, who lived at 580-3rd SW, died Tuesday about 6 a.m. in a hospital here, having been in failing health the past five years. His wife, the former Miss Guy Eva Pender of Detroit, survives, besides a sister, Mrs. Mamie Jahrling, New York City. Mr. Becker, native of New York, was a veteran of World War I, who was formerly employed by the Ideal Laundry and previously by the Joplin Grocery here. He married Miss Pender in 1930 in Red River County and they moved here about 14 years ago. He was a member of the Catholic Church and of the American Legion. Gene Roden & Sons have charge of arrangement for services Thursday at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Victory Church, the Rev. John V. McCallum officiating, other details being incomplete." Submitted by Carol Campbell.

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Jacob Charles Becker
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 08 Nov 1955
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 13 Sep 1894
Birthplace: New York
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Certificate Number: 56302
GS Film number: 2114546
Digital Folder Number: 005145243
Image Number: 03130
Citing this Record: "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3QX-88Y : accessed 17 April 2016), Jacob Charles Becker, 08 Nov 1955; citing certificate number 56302, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,546.

From the record journal of Meadowbrook Cemetery: Born in New York, died in Paris, TX.

War Notes Rank

World War I

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