1970 SS Death Index
Beckett, Chester Arthur
Chester Arthur Beckett, better known as “Chet”, died Wednesday [18 February 2004] at Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia. He was 65. Funeral Services will be conducted Friday, February 20, 2004, at 1:00 PM, in the McDonald Funeral Home Chapel. Sam Livingston, Pastor of Highland Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial is to follow in the Downey Cemetery. Survivors include his wife…
Matthew McClain Family
Before the McClain/McLean family migrated to Tennessee they had owned land in North Carolina and in Christian and McClain Counties, Kentucky. Matthew McClain our great grandfather, was the second son of Martin and Nancy Jane Beckum. He married Amelia Velina “Bettie” Kilpatrick. Matthew and his brothers owned and operated a saw mill. He was constable and magistrate and once said…