The Pike County Journal Zebulon, Pike Co., Friday, December 29, 1893 Mrs. Beckham, mother of R.Y. Beckham of this place, and one of Georgias noblest women, died at her home a few miles south-west of here last Wednesday and was interred at Hebron church on Thursday following. Mrs. Beckham was widely known and all regarded her as a model Christian. She has left the impress of a noble life on the hearts of the people of this section. Her very presence was a benediction. (Transcribed 9/25/02 Lynn Cunningham)