Edna Beck Conrad

Zada Edna Beck Conrad, 98, of Beck’s Nursery Road, formerly of Holly Grove Road, died Monday, May 14, 2012, at Lexington Health Care. The funeral will be 12 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at Holly Grove Lutheran Church with the Rev. John Mocko officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday prior to the service. Mrs. Conrad was born August 22, 1913, in Davidson County, to James Edward Beck and Jennie Florence Sechrest Beck. She was a member of Holly Grove Lutheran Church and had worked at Dixie Furniture Company, Davis Townsend School and was also a homemaker. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Justice Brown “JB” Conrad, who died November 12, 1969. Also preceding her in death are her brothers, Liston Calvin Beck and Leo McCoy Beck; and sister, Eulala Beck Byerly. Surviving are sons, Larry Conrad and wife, Judy, and the Rev. C.R. “Butch” Conrad and wife, Elizabeth, all of Lexington; five grandchildren, Larry B. Conrad Jr. and partner, David Smith, DeeDee Conrad Shook and husband, Steve, Timothy James Conrad, Christopher Ray Conrad and wife, Sheena, and Jennifer Elizabeth Conrad; five great-grandchildren, Stephen Walser Jr. and wife, Katie, Matthew Walser, Sarah Shook, Brooklin Trantham, and Ian Conrad; and four great-great-grandchildren, Noah Walser, Katelynn Walser, Jacob Walser and Savannah Walser. Memorials may be made to Holly Grove Lutheran Church, 212 Holly Grove Lutheran Church Road, Lexington, NC 27292.