Obituary of Martin Beickert, Jr.

Martin Paul Beickert, Jr. Native of Long Island, NY Mr. Martin Paul Beickert, Jr., age 70, of 113 Walnut Drive, Moyock, NC, died Thursday, July 1, 2004 at Chesapeake General Hospital. Mr. Beickert, a native of Queens, NY, was the husband of Georgia Matthews Howell Beickert of the residence and the son of the late Martin Paul Beickert, Sr., and Evelyn Bidwell Beickert. He was a Korean Veteran of the U.S. Marines, a retired ship-fitter at the Norfolk Dredging Company and a member of Moyock Assembly of God Church. Besides his wife he is survived by four daughters, Davina B. Spry and husband Terry Lee Spry, Sr., of Suffolk, VA, Patricia B. Barrs of Moyock, NC, Catherine B. Howell and husband Andy Ray Howell of Shawboro, NC, and Samatha B. Roche and husband Larry Wayne Roche of Virginia Beach, VA; three sons, Martin Paul Beickert, III, of Moyock, NC, Mark Alan Beickert and wife Sandra of Moyock, NC, and Matthew Wayne Beickert and wife Amie of Moyock, NC; one sister Dale Clemente of Surfside, SC; three brothers, Michael Boyle of Voohees, NJ, George Boyle of Cobleskill, NY, and Gregory Boyle of Middlesex, NJ; sixteen grandchildren; and eight great grandchildren. He was predeceased by his first wife, Ethel Bonifer Beickert, and two brothers, Charles Boyle and Jeffery Boyle. Funeral services will be Sunday, July 4, 2004, at 2:00 PM at Moyock Assembly of God Church with the Rev. Scott Pollard and the Rev. Joe Bougher officiating. Burial will follow in Moyock Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the residence. Twiford’s Memorial Chapel, 405 East Church Street, Elizabeth City, NC, is in charge of arrangements. You may sign the online guest register at www.twifordfh.com.