Eles Elizabeth Oglesby Beck

Eles O. Beck GREAT FALLS:Mrs. Eles Elizabeth Oglesby Beck, 90, died Monday October 27, 2008 at Piedmont Crossing in Lexington, NC.The family is truly thankful for the loving care of the nursing staff who cared for her during the past seven and a half years. Funeral services will be11:00 a.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home, 301 North Main Street, Lexington, NC with Rev. Care Goodstal, Director of Spritual Life at Piedmont Crossing.A remembrance visitation will be held 1:00 P.M. Saturday at Dantzler-Baker Funeral Home, 26 Underwood Avenue, Great Falls. Interment will be follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Chester, SC with Rev. Greg Batchelor officiating. Born April 20, 1918 in Great Falls, she was the daughter of James Arthur and Lula McKeown Oglesby.As a young woman she was a well-known employee of Francis Department Store in Great Falls.After her marriage to Grady C. Beck in 1944, she resided in New London, CT, Burlington, NC, and Greensboro, NC before moving to Lexington in 1969.She was a member of Peace United Church of Christ in Greensboro and of First Reformed United Church of Christ in Lexington. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and brothers, J.A. , Jr., Kell, and Bill Oglesby.She is survived by her son, Frank Beck and his wife Betsy of Clemmons; stepson, Grady F. Beck of Lexington; sister, Lucille Williams of Laurens, SC; grandsons, Scott Beck and his wife Tammy of Hickory and Drew Beck and his wife Alexis of Huntersville; and great-grandson, Jamon Beck of Hickory, NC.She is also survived by sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, and friends whom she dearly loved. Memorials may be made to Evergreen Cemetery, City of Chester, ATTN: Barbara Swierszcz, 100 West End Street, Chester, SC29706. Condolences to the family may be made to www.dantzlerbakerfuneralhome.com.Dantzler-Baker Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.