FRANCES BECKETT

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FRANCES BECKETT, 91, of Milton, W.Va., passed away December 13, 2009, at home. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, December 17, 2009, at Susannah Baptist Church by Pastor Winford Curry. Burial will be in Forest Memorial Park, Milton. She was born March 16, 1918, in Cabell County, W.Va., a daughter of the late James and Theo McCormick Caldwell. She was a member of Susannah Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Oliver C. "Pete" Beckett; one sister, Hazel Bond; three brothers, Ralph, Clyde and Harold Caldwell. She is survived by one son, Robert (Judy) Beckett; one daughter, Clara (Jerry) Zerkle; three grandsons, Mark Beckett, Tom (Sandy) Zerkle and Matthew (Becky) Zerkle; six great-grandchildren, Lakin Beckett, Logan Zerkle, Shelby Zerkle, Morgan Zerkle, Tanner Zerkle and Blake Zerkle; two sisters, Anna Wetherholt and Iva Mae Rider; three brothers, Gene Caldwell, Carl Caldwell and John Caldwell. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Wallace Funeral Home, Milton, and after noon Thursday at the church. The family would like to thank Hospice of Huntington.