Quintilla Spurlock

• Born: 10 September 1891, Dumas, Moore, Texas.  
  
• Died August 16, 1986 in Encino, California 
• Married Charles Marvin Beckham Oct. 27, 1911 in Plemons, Texas  (widowed)
  
• Later married Frank Smith.  (divorced)

Children: Anna Laree, Rodric Charles, Daniel Marvin, Robert E. Lee, Billy Bob, Lorraine, Raymond Earle, Stillborn daughter

She was the ninth of fourteen children, and the middle of three daughters.  She lived in Chandler, Arizona from 1912 until 1942.  She moved to Hollywood, California, upon the death of her husband in 1942, and spent the remainder of her life with her daughter Lorraine in California in Hollywood, Sherman Oaks, Laguna Beach, Laguna Niguel, and Encino.  She was a wonderful Mother and Grandmother, a devoted reader of the Bible, an avid Democrat, and a true American Patriot.

1. California Death Index, 1940-1997, Rootsweb.com Online Records.
   

"BECKHAM, QUINTILLA SPURLOCK, Date of Birth:  09/10/1891 in Texas.  Date of Death:  08/03/1986 at the age of 94 yrs in Los Angeles County (19), California.  Mother:  Leverton;  Father:  Spurlock.  SSN 526-22-4415."

Notes from Betty:  I have happy memories of Aunt Tilla.  She didn't visit as often as Aunt Allie but was always at every reunion and visited our home at other times also.  She, like all her siblings loved to be around family and was very pleasant to be around.  I thought she was very beautiful like Aunt Jessie and admired her lovely smooth skin. She has a wonderful posterity and we need stories of her life from them.  This should be one of our most colorful pages!   Go to: genealogy.az.gov    to find the birth and death certificates of several of her children.