Mildred Evelyn Ware Becks, age 97, moved on to Glory on Sunday morning, August 27, 2017. She was born in Aberdeen, Mississippi to Eula Earle Ware and French Esther Ware.
Being raised on a farm by two wonderful, Godly parents, she learned the value of life, of people, of her creator and gave her life to Christ as a child, maintaining her faith and sharing it with her children and those she encountered throughout her life! She graduated from Aberdeen High School and worked in accounting at the local drug store and as a teller at the local bank.
Millie met her husband, Robert “Bob” Becks, at Columbus Army Air Force Base (Mississippi) at the beginning of WWII. They married when he returned home after 3 ½ years of combat duty on January 1, 1946. After moving several times while in the Army, they settled in Joliet, Illinois where she worked at the Joliet Arsenal from 1952-1956. They moved to Huntsville, Alabama in 1956 when Bob was hired by NASA and Millie began working for the Missile Munitions Center and School at Redstone Arsenal in accounting until she retired in 1976. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church for 61 years and a beloved member of the Joy Sunday School class after serving 10 years in the toddler Sunday school department. Millie was a Red Cross volunteer at Huntsville Hospital for 21 years and a 10-year volunteer for Meals on Wheels. For the last several years she attended a Wednesday Bible Study class with her dearest friends in the Lord!
Millie is survived by her two children, Sylvia Blaylock (Nat) of Kosciusko, MS and Roger Becks, Jr of Sterrett, AL; grandchildren, Jason Blaylock (Krista), Cory Blaylock (Shana) of Kosciusko, MS, Shaun Blaylock (Amy) of Kilmichael, MS, Roger Becks III (Ann) of Morton Grove, IL, and Chad Becks (Kristi) of John’s Island, SC; and nine great-grandchildren, Hunter, Grayson, Bailey, Mary-Hayden, Paxton and Ann Alyse Blaylock, and René, Charles and Juliette Becks.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob; sister, India Marie Ware; parents, Eula and French Ware; and daughter-in law, Marilyn Becks. Millie loved being a part of Bob’s family and was so grateful to attend over 60 years of their family reunions, the last being July 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday, September 2, at Laughlin Service Funeral Home. The funeral service will follow in the chapel with the Rev. Michael Walker officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 3, at Oddfellows Rest Cemetery in Aberdeen, MS.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Southside Baptist Church in Huntsville
