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Cecil Virginia Beckner
Cecil Virginia (Burnett) Beckner, 97, of Waynesboro, passed away on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, at Envoy of Staunton Healthcare.
She was born on December 26, 1912, in Prince Edward County, the only child of the late Robert Grant and Annie Lee (Campbell) Burnett. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Beckner was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Boyd Beckner. She is survived by cousins.
She was educated at the former State Teacher College of Farmville, now Longwood University. Mrs. Beckner also studied at M.M. Layne's Business School and Dowdye School of Music, all of Farmville. After twenty years of faithful service, she retired from General Electric in 1975. She was a member of Gospel Light Baptist Church, where she served as assistant pianist. Mrs. Beckner assisted several Baptist churches as pianist, Sunday school teacher, church historian and co-hostess of gospel hymn sings. Cecil loved her church, her friends and family and radiated a sense of joyfulness to all she met.
A graveside service will be held 11:30 a.m. Monday, November 1, 2010, at Augusta Memorial Park with the Reverend Anthony Andres officiating.
The family will receive friends from 10 until 11 a.m. Monday, November 1, 2010, prior to the graveside service, at the Waynesboro Chapel of Reynolds Hamrick Funeral Homes, 618 West Main Street.
Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of your choice.
This obituary was originally published in the News Virginian.
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