Minnie Thomas Beckwith, daughter of Roland A. and Ann Crandall Thomas, was born December 6, 1864, in the town of Alfred, N. Y., and died February 3, 1941, at her late home in this village.
She was married to Elmer E. Beckwith, October 21, 1886. She was baptized and joined the First Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church March 18, 1878, and has been a faithful and consistent member for almost sixty-three years. She had been an active member of the W.C.T.U. and of the local Rebecca Lodge.
Her judgments on people were always charitable. Her favorite Bible passage was the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians.
She is survived by her husband; a nephew, Leslie L. Palmer, and other relatives.
Farewell services were conducted in the church by Pastor Everett T. Harris, assisted by President J. Nelson Norwood. Interment was in the Alfred Rural Cemetery. E. T. H.
