Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Beacham, James Perry 245086

Birth: 06/15/1922 Death: 06/27/1953 Marriage:

Cemetery: Fairland-Littlejohn (NOT PLOTTED)

Record Source: The Paris News, Headstone, Social Security Death Index

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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 YUMA DAILY SUN, Yuma, AZ, Wed., July 1, 1953: "Two Killed, Seven Hurt in Car Crash - BY UNITED PRESS - Two persons were killed and seven injured in a four-car accident last weekend near Gilbert. Killed were James Beacham, 32, Paris, Tex., And Thomas Fields, 30, Dallas, Tex., both Gilbert farm laborers. Hubert Harmon, Maricopa county deputy sheriff, said an abandoned car without lights was found on the highway and was believed a factor in the fatal accident. The car was reportedly owned by two Williams Air Force Base airmen. Reported seriously injured were Irwin Neal, 19, Gilbert, and Anna May Dunn, Phoenix. Five others were released from Mesa Southside District Hospital after emergency treatment. An inquest was to be held today by Gilbert Coroner Harold Germaine."

THE PARIS NEWS, Monday, July 13, 1953, p. 10: "Beacham Services - Funeral searvices were set for Monday at 2:30 p.m. At the Church of God in Christ No. 1 for James Beacham, 32, Of Paris, who was killed in an automobile accident two weeks ago at Mesa, Ariz."

Information from Social Security Death Index:
Age: 31
Given Name: James
Middle Name:
Surname: Beacham
Name Suffix:
Birth Date: 15 Jun 1922
State: Texas
Last Place of Residence:
Previous Residence Postal Code:
Event Date: Jun 1953
Citing this Record: "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9JM-SMW : accessed 29 April 2015), James Beacham, Jun 1953; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

Tombstone is inscribed, "PFC, US Army, World War II."

War Notes Rank

World War II

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