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Memorial services will be held at the Alfalfa County Fairgrounds in Cherokee, Oklahoma, Wednesday, September 12, 2020, at noon. Please bring a covered dish and come as you are. Online condolences may be made at http://www.whartonfuneralchapel.com.
Lonnie Alonzo Gilbert Beckwith was born on May 23, 1941, to Mary (Elliott) and Gilbert Beckwith. He was raised by his grandparents, Alonzo Gilbert and Stella Beckwith, in the Aline-Cleo, Oklahoma, area.
When Lonnie finished school, he worked with horses until he joined the Army, where he served for 19 months in Korea fighting for our country. After he got home from the Army, he managed a thoroughbred horse ranch near Little Rock, Arkansas. He then came back to Oklahoma and worked different jobs in the oilfield, electrical highline work for many years, and the Cherokee Sale Barn. In 1987, he began working in maintenance at the Alfalfa County Courthouse, until he retired in 2011.
Lonnie enjoyed fishing, working with horses, tending to his tomatoes and his garden, playing games on the computer and watching television with his grandson, Jr.
Lonnie is preceded in death by his grandparents, Alonzo Gilbert and Stella Beckwith; his parents, Gilbert and Mary Beckwith; one sister, Carolyn Furrow; one brother, Ronnie Dale Beckwith; one half-sister, Mary Ellen Shoup; one step-son, Jason Dugger; one niece, Sally Ann Logan; and one infant nephew, Nickolas Sanborn.
He is survived by his wife, Randi Beckwith; step-children, Jacob Dugger and Sharolyn Dugger; a step-son, Casey Freeman; a daughter, DeeAnn Gigstad; a daughter-in-law, RiKayla Fondren; and a grandson, Casey Freeman Jr. He is also survived by many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews: Khristen Logan, Cheyenne Logan, Levi Logan; Carla and Bill Sanborn, Emily Sanborn, Will Sanborn, Jacob Sanborn, Colton Sanborn; Julie Melton, Summer Whiteman, Gary Whiteman, April Schultz, Josie Melton; Richard and Melissa Simmons, Cheri Simmons; Tampas Beckwith; Chuck Coulter, Kenny Coulter, Danny Coulter and Cole Coulter.
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