Extracted from The Winona Times (Winona, MS)
Thursday, January 21, 1999

Nell Shelton Long Beckham

Nell Shelton Long Beckham, 70, of Peoria, Ill., died Thursday, Dec 24, 1998 at her home.

Funeral services were held December 28 at Mason Funeral Home in Washington, Ill. Burial was in the Glendale Cemetery in Washington, Ill.

She is survived by a son, Ernest William “Bill” Long; a stepson, Freddie Beckham; several step-grandchildren; two brothers, Kearney Shelton of Myrtle and Carl Shelton of Carrollton; three sisters, Earleen McKinney of Jackson, Annette DeLoach and Grace Tingle, both of Carrollton; and a host of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Beckham.