CENSUS 1910:
age 7 1910 census home 368 family 368 Dekalb twp., Grant county, Arkansas Ed 78 p. 20B
name listed as Hommer J. Beck
Present: Jasper N Beck, age 48, b. Georgia, married 28 years; wife Lucy J., age 50, b. Arkansas, married 28 years, 10 children born, but only 8 still living; son Kenney E. age 21; son Fred B., age 16; daughter Ollie M., age 13; son Dewey E., age 11; son Hommer J., age 7; all children born in Arkansas
NOTE: in 1900, father named Newton J., b. September 1861; mother Lucy J., b. October 1858.
CENSUS 1920:
age 16 1920 census home 50 family 60 Dekalb twp., Grant county, Arkansas ED 904 p. 4A
name given as Homer J. Beck
Present: Newt J. Beck, age 58, b. Georgia; wife Lucy, age 60, b. Arkansas; son Dewey E., age 19, b. Arkansas; son Homer J., age 16, b. Arkansas
CENSUS 1930:
age 27 1930 census home 139 family 141 Dekalb twp., Grant county, Arkansas Ed 4 p. 7B
name given as Homer Beck (indexed by Ancestry.com as Hoover Beck)
Present: Homer Beck, age 27, b. Arkansas, married at age 25; wife Pearl, age 20, b. Kentucky, married at age 17; daughter Irene, age 2 10/12, b. Arkansas; NOTE: living next door to parents Newton J. Beck and wife Lucy J.
CENSUS 1940:
Age 37 1940 census family 40, River twp., Prattsville, Grant county, Arkansas ED 2 7-11 p. 3A/108
name given as Homer Beck
Present: Homer Beck, age 37, b. Arkansas; wife Pearl, age 30, b. Kentucky; daughter Irene, age 11; son Tommie, age 9; son Jeff, age 5; all children born in Arkansas.
NAME: source #1; the middle name may be Jasper because that is one of his father's names
BIRTHPLACE: stated in 1930 as Arkansas
BIRTHDATE: from the Social Security Death Index, SS# 431-10-7811, name Homer Beck, issued in Arkansas.
MARRIAGE DATE: source #2, Groom: Homer Beck, age 23, resident of Prattsville, Grant county, Arkansas; Bride: Pearl Heath, age 18, resident of Sheridan, Grant county, Arkansas; date: 11 July 1927; place: Grant county, Arkansas
DEATHDATE: from the Social Security Death Index
BURIAL: Philadelphia Cemetery, Prattsville, Grant county, Arkansas, available on http://findagrave.com
SOURCES:
1. Email correspondant J. Kenneth Ford whose 1999 email address is
jkfordATaolDOTcom
2. Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957 for Homer Beck available on FamilySearch.org
index: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMLD-M5B
image: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11568-30125-26?cc=1417439
Groom: Homer Beck
Groom's Age: 23
Groom's Estimated Birth Year: 1904
Groom's Residence: Prattsville, Grant, Arkansas
Bride: Pearl Heath
Bride's Age: 18
Bride's Estimated Birth Year: 1909
Bride's Residence: Sheridan, Grant, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 11 Jul 1927
Marriage License Date: 11 Jul 1927
Marriage Place: , Grant, Arkansas, United States
Film Number: 1928140
Digital Folder Number: 4326302
Image Number: 00617
Page Number: 533
Source: Arkansas County Marriage Records, 1837-1957
3. Memorial on Findagrave.com has this Obituary published in the Pine Bluff Commercial
Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas
Saturday, July 8, 1967
Homer Jeff Beck
Malvern - Homer Jeff Beck, 65, of Sheridan, died Friday at a hospital here.
He was a retired lumberman.
Mr. Beck was a member of Lost Creek Missionary Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pearl Heath Beck; three sons, Tommy Beck of Malvern, Arlo Beck of Sheridan and Jeff Beck of Torrance, California; a daughter, Mrs. Irene Crutchfield of Klamath Fall, Oregon; a brother, Oscar Beck of Malvern; a sister, Mrs. Ollie Whitten of Hot Springs; and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Philadelphia Baptist Church at Sheridan by Reverend Olton Ashley. Burial will be in Philadelphia Cemetery by Buie Funeral Home.
RESEARCH NOTE: in 1930, living next to parents, Newton J. Beck, age 68, born in Georgia and Lucy J., age 70, born in Arkansas; in 1920 listed as Newt J. Beck and Lucy. in 1910, listed as Jasper N. Beck and Lucy J.
