Sophia Becker

Sophia Becker

• Father: Christian Becker
• Mother: Louiza (?) b. February 1836

• Sophia Becker was born on 18 November 1870 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.
• She married Austin William Burdick circa 1889.
• Austin William Burdick and Sophia Becker appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, at 127(?) Elliott Street. Other members of the household included Austin William Burdick Jr., Lucille Burdick, Earl R. Burdick and Louiza (?)
• Austin William Burdick and Sophia Becker appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, at 1425 McMillan Street. Other members of the household included Earl R. Burdick.
• Sophia Becker became a widow at the 5 September 1921 death of her husband Austin William Burdick.
• Sophia Becker appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, at 1425 McMillan Street. Other members of the household included Homer LeGrand Wood, Lucille Burdick, Homer Lagrand Wood and Arthur Becker.
• The following appeared on 22 June 1932 in the Bryan Daily Eagle: In honor of the pioneers and their descendants who built up the community of Richards, and to compliment the Wood family and their relatives who returned from their Tennessee home to be among scenes of their childhood, an old-time barbecue with all the accessories was enjoyed Tuesday afternoon just before dusk at the site of the old Fairview Methodist Episcopal church, located about four miles out of Richards, in Grimes county.
       It was at the Fairview church and school where the pioneer settlers of Grimes county received their education and their fundamental spiritual training. The old church was established in 1861 and has now been removed to Richards, but the old familiar scenes brought back memories of other years.
       About 100 friends and relatives were present at the barbecue held in the woods adjacent to the old church site, and barbecued beef and mutton, salads, cakes and cold drinks were served.
       The occasion was complimentary to Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Wood and son, Legrande, and Mrs. A. W. Burdick, all of Memphis, Tenn., who are in Richards visiting the scenes of their childhood.
       Those initiating the barbecue were Mr. and Mrs. Ira Haynie, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Haynie, Mr. and Mrs. Harrell [sic] Haynie, and Mr. and Mrs. Rush Wood.
       Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Haynie, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Easley, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Le Norman, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bay Sr., J. F. Bay Jr., Marjorie Bay, Rev. and Mrs. George Avery, Robert, Helen and Pauline Avery, Mrs. T. P. Witt, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Haynie, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Haynie and Jeff Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Harrell [sic] Haynie, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Easley, Miss Mary Easley, Robert Easley, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Easley, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bullock, Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Hickson, R. McCune, Mrs. Teague McCune, Rush Wood Sr., Mrs. Annie Haynie, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Haynie, Mr. and Mrs. Scott McCune, Mrs Carrie Garner, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Luper, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. McCune, S. B. McKinney, Marvin and Bob McCune, Miss Marie Witt, Mrs. Floyd Shelburne, Miss Mamie Kemp, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. McCune, Dorothy Kemp, Charles Eugene Haynie, Don and Ben Haynie Le Norman, all of Richards.
       Mr. and Mrs. Lockett Kennard and son Edward, Mr. and Mrs. L. Kennard, Miss A. B. Farquhar, Miss Elizabeth Siddall, Mr. and Mrs. John Kennard, Mr. and Mrs. Rush Wood and children Gertrude, Campbell and Irvin, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Kennard, and Dudley Brown, all of Anderson.
       Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wood, L. G. Wood Jr., Miss Ruth Driscoll, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wood, Mrs. R. E. Powell and son Rufus, Dr. and Mrs. L. J. Goree, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Wood, all of Navasota.
       Mrs. Maggie Stoneham, W. I. Stoneham, of Stoneham.
       Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Garvin, Huntsville; Mrs. W. R. Thomas and children, Will Thomas Jr., Frances, Jessie and Anna B. Thomas, Mrs. Lee J. Rountree and Miss Elsbeth Wipprecht of Bryan; Mrs. C. C. Caswell, Biloxi, Miss; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Crutchfield of Singleton; Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Williams, Huntsville; Mrs. R. C. Wood, Houston; Clifford, Mary and John Crutchfield of Singleton; Mrs. Florence Rabon, Henry Rabon, of Montgomery. Bryan Daily Eagle, 22 June 1932, pp 1 & 6. NewspaperArchive image accessed online at Godfrey Memorial Library, May 2015.
• At the time of her death Sophia Becker was living in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, at 1425 McMillan.
• Sophia Becker died on 4 March 1936 at age 65 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, at Baptist Memorial Hospital . Her death was officially witnessed by Lucille Burdick.
• She was interred at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.

• Last Edited: 24 May 2015