Background
Beckham, Mary Estes Shelby was born on December 16, 1927 in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Simpson Andrew and Sallie (Smith) Estes.
Beckham, Mary Estes Shelby was born on December 16, 1927 in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Simpson Andrew and Sallie (Smith) Estes.
Graduated from the high school, Meridian.
Columnist, Hinds Company Gazette, Raymond, Mississippi, 1965-1974; editor, public, Estes Newsletter, Raymond, Mississippi, 1965-1977; editor, public, Ancestral Circuit, Philadelphia, Mississippi, 1965-1982; editor, public, Estes Trails, Philadelphia, Mississippi, since 1980. Sponsor Estes of America Reunion, Philadelphia, since 1971.
Library. Historic Trails Library., Philadelphia, since 1965.
Married Evan Wilson Shelby, August 7, 1945 (divorced June 1957). Children; Mary Anne, Evan Wilson Junior, Carol Jean, Eloise, David. Married Eley Earl Beckham, January 26, 1976.