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MRS. MERLE BECKHAM
Naples Daily News Dec. 12. 1961

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Mrs. Merle Beckham , age 53, died Saturday morning at the Naples Community Hospital. She made her home at 1512 14 th Ave. No., in Naples. She is survived by her husband W. C. Beckham of Naples, two daughters , Mrs. Doris M. Alderson, of Naples, and Mrs. Frances Christine Burrill, of Jacksonville, two brothers, Owen and Eugene Sherouse, both of Arcadia, one sister Mrs. Ada Brown of Arcadia , and three grand-children.

Funeral services were held Monday at 2:00 p.m. in the Pittman Funeral Chapel, conducted by the Rev. E. C. Beaird, Burial in Naples Memorial Cemetery. Members of the Naples Moose Lodge served as pallbearers.

Card of Thanks Naples Daily News Jan. 01, 1962
We would like to express our sincere appreciation to the many friends and neighbors who were so kind and thoughtful following the death of Mrs. Merle Beckham. We would also like to acknowledge the splendid assistance of the staff at the Naples Community Hospital and the co-operation of Dr. L. F. Gwaltney, the Rev. E. C. Beaird, and the Pittman Funeral Home. This warm support was a source of strength.

Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss who includes the following:
MERLE B. SHEROUSE BECKHAM
Birth 1908 in Marion County, FL
Death: 09 Dec., 1961 in Naples Collier County, FL.
Burial :11 Dec., 1961 in Naples Memorial Cemetery Collier county, Fl
Father: Thomas Calvin\Callaway SHEROUSE b: 1884 in Reddick, FL
Mother: Clara BURNSED b: 1892 in FL








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