BERNICE DELORES BECKFORD
Obituary
BERNICE DELORES BECKFORD WAS BORN ON DECEMBETR 1, 1953, IN SYLVESTER, GA. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIE JAMES AND ZULA ANDERSON- DOWNS. BENICE GREW UP AND ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN GEORGIA BEFORE RELOCATING TO FLORIDA.
SHE WORKED AS A BOX MAKER FOR THE SEBRING PACKING COMPANY, FOR MANY YEARS.
BERNICE WAS MARRIED TO GERALD BECKFORD.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH: BY HER PARENTS, HER SON, DERRICK GRAY; SIBLINGS, NELLIE EDWARDS, WILLIE EARL DOWNS, OTIS DOWNS, BENNY DOWNS, AND WILLIE JAMES DOWNS.
SHE LEAVES BEHIND HER HUSBAND, GERALD BECKFORD; CHILDREN, JERRY GRAY AND WANDA GRAY; GRANDCHILDREN, JAKOVEE GRAY, DERRICK GRAY, JR., JERRY GRAY, JR., DERRICK MYERS, AND GLEN MYERS; SIBLINGS, JO JO TURNER AND JOYCE DOWNS; CLOSE FRIENDS, MAREAN MOMENT, BLONDEVA SUTTON, RUTH BROWN AND EVELYN MILLER; AND A HOST OF MANY OTHER SORROWING FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
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Services
June 17, 2023
2:00 PM
Greater Mt. Zion A.M.E.
870 Martin Luther King Blvd
Sebring, FL 33870
June 17, 2023
3:00 PM
Greater Mt. Zion A.M.E.
870 Martin Luther King Blvd
Sebring, FL 33870
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In Loving Memory Of
BERNICE BECKFORD
December 1, 1953-June 7, 2023
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