Garvin County Oklahoma's Honored Citizens

Garvin County, Oklahoma Part of Genealogy Trails

Honored Citizens of Garvin County

Obituary in The Daily Oklahoman January 1, 1988:

Add'l source: http://www.ccsso.org/projects/National_Teacher_of_the_Year/State_Teachers/1962/

BECKETT

Flossie Lee (Eaton), passed away Dec. 30 at Baptist Hospital. Born April 8, 1910 in Mounds, OK. She was preceded in death by her husband, Si, her parents, Daniel J. and Mattie Cumby Eaton. She is survived by her children, JoAnne Phillips, Yorba Linda, Ca., Peggy Cochran, OKC, Si Dean Beckett, Arlington, Tx.; grandchildren, Larry and Gary Phillips, Yorba Linda, Ca., Max (Joseph E. III) and Michael Cochran, OKC, Karen Renfrow, Edmond, OK, Steve and Mark Beckett, Arlington, Tx., and 7 great grandchildren. She was a retired teacher, teaching in Seminole County and Lindsay during her career. Active in professional organizations related to education, she was a life member of the OEA and NEA. She was Oklahoma Teacher of the Year in 1961, National Teacher of the Year in 1962, State President of the Assn. of Classroom Teachers of OEA in 1972 and State President of Kappa Kappa Iota 1969-70. Services are 11 am Saturday, Jan.2, First Baptist Church in Lindsay. Interment will be held in Greenhill Cemetery, under the direction of the B.G. Boydston Funeral Home, Lindsay, OK.

Here are some awards and honors that brought a positive
light to Lindsay, OK. Some of her honors brought statewide
and national attention to Lindsay:

Garvin County, Ok Teacher of the Year 1961
Oklahoma Teacher of the Year 1961 - Presentation by Governor
Runner-Up for National Teacher of the Year 1962 - Presentation by President of US
National Teacher of the Year 1962 Honor Roll, presented by the
US Office of Education, The Council of Chief State School
Officers, ant LOOK Magazine in recognition of outstanding
achievement as a teacher.
Featured in LOOK Magazine 1962
National Education Association of the United States,
Washington, DC, Life Membership, 1964
Classroom Teachers National Conference, 1964, 1965
Life Member, Oklahoma Education Association, 1966
Personalities of the South, Honoring America's Leaders,
Distinguished, Outstanding, Notable, selected to appear
in the 1969 edition "Personalities of the South" in recognition
of past achievements, outstanding ability, and service to community and State.
Alpha State President, Kappa Kappa Iota, 1969-1970
Life Member, Kappa Kappa Iota, 1970
Award for Distinguished Service in the Education Field,
included in volume VIII Dictionary of International Biography, 1970
Two Thousand Women of Achievement for Distinguished
Achievement, presented in London, England, in 1970
Alpha Delta Kappa Honorary Sorority, 1971
Community Leaders of America, selected to appear in
1971 edition of Community Leaders of America.
Oklahoma Association of Classroom Teachers, Oklahoma
Education Association, Professional Leadership and
Service to the Teaching Profession award, 1972
Who's Who of American Women, Seventh Edition, 1972-1973
Acknowledged as an Important and Valuable Human Resource
of the United States of America, selected for inclusion
in the Library of Human Resources of the American Bicentennial
Research Institute, 1973
The World Who's Who of Women, presented Cambridge, England, 1973
Assistant State Director of the American Association of Retired Persons, 1982
The National Register of Prominent Americans and International Notables
Named by Governor Henry Bellmon, State of Oklahoma, Member,
Oklahoma Academy for State Goals, 1966.
Governor Dewey F. Bartlett, State of Oklahoma, Designated
Flossie Beckett the proud and historic title of OKIE: "This
title is conferred with the strong belief that an OKIE is a
fortunate, gifted and versatile person and the further belief
that it's great to be an OKIE knowing that this entitles the
bearer to be an honored citizen from Oklahoma, Key to
Intelligence and Enterprise." 1970
Governor David Hall, State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Aeronautics
Commission and Northeastern State College, Oklahoma Aerospace
Education award, 1972.
Named by Governor George Nigh, State of Oklahoma:
· Member, State Burial Board, 1981
· Alternate Member, Governor's Advisory Committee on Aging, 1981
· Member, Governor's Advisory Committee on Aging, 1983