Mr. John Lewis Beck Jr., 77, 415 Mitchell Street, died Sunday, August 16, 2009.
He was a decorated Korean War veteran with the Navy and served on the aircraft carrier USS Rendova from 1950-54. He was a member of the Hillsborough Exchange Club for many years and was a Boy Scout leader. Mr. Beck was a member of First Baptist Church for 42 years, where he was a deacon, a Sunday school teacher, a member of the choir and taught the Royal Ambassadors. He will be remembered as a great loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
Surviving are his wife, Sue Apple Beck; two sons, Paul Lewis Beck of Hillsborough and John Kevin Beck of Durham; one daughter, Pamela Beck Schaub of Hillsborough; eight grandchildren, Patricia Harris Heiderscheit, William Dale Harris, Patrick Todd Harris, Collin Lewis Beck, Stephanie Nicole Harris, Megan Sue Schaub, Danielle Lynne Schaub and Jackson Henry Beck; five great grandchildren, Gabriel Thomas Heiderscheit, Layney Morgan Harris, Margaret Ann Heiderscheit, Ava Caroline Heiderscheit and William Grey Harris; and one brother, David Lane Beck of Charlotte.