Helen Beckom

Mrs. Helen Johnson Beckom, age 59, of 3172 Mansfield Rd., Burlington passed away Wednesday August 17, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. A native of Chatham County, she was wife of Jerry A. Beckom and daughter of the late George Sidney and Mary Estelle Bost Johnson. She had been employed by Gold Toe Hosiery for 29 years and was an active member of Bethel United Methodist Church where she served on the Board of Trustees and was in the church choir. Survivors include her husband, Jerry A. Beckom of the home; 2 daughters, Beth B. Perry and husband Larry Wayne Perry of Burlington and Jackie B. Davis and husband Bobby Lee Davis, Jr. of Burlington; sisters, Sue Johnson and husband Bill of Julian and Gladys Culberson of Siler City; brothers, Larry Johnson and wife Kaye of Gibsonville and Sidney Johnson and wife Mary Anne of Burlington; grandchildren, Margaret Elizabeth Perry, Jessica Nicole Perry and Joseph Cole Davis and her mother-in-law, Margaret Danieley Beckom of the home. She was preceded in death by brothers, Ray Johnson and Clyde Johnson and sister, Mary Lois White. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Friday from the Bethel United Methodist Church by Rev. Renee Burnette, pastor of the church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Beckom will remain at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory until being taken to the church to lie in state 30 minutes prior to the funeral service. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 pm Thursday.