Mary Alice Beckerdite

Mary Alice Vinson was born August 18, 1935, the daughter of Clarence & Ivy Vinson in East St. Louis, IL. She died on January 2, 2024.  She was one of five children - three brothers and a sister. At the age of four, she and her three brothers were placed, in the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home in St. Louis, MO.

At the age of eight, she was adopted as an only child by William and Lena Welborn of Harrisonville, MO. Mary Alice received many blessings in her life and was thankful for the opportunity of being raised in a Christian home and for many years of piano lessons. She started playing hymns for Sunday School at age eleven and continued to play piano and organ in churches for years.

A mutual love of gospel music brought Mary Alice’s future husband, who sang, into her life at age sixteen. On July 5^th, 1952, she was united in marriage to John E. Beckerdite of the Harrisonville/Archie community. They lived in Cass County, MO most of their married life except for eleven and a half years in Colorado.

A member of Faith Baptist Church in Raymore, MO, Mary Alice acknowledged that music had always been an important part of her family’s life. She thanked God for the blessing and opportunity to testify of God’s love through playing the piano and organ. God Is So Good!

Celebration of Life Service will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 9, 2024 at South Fork Baptist Church, Drexel, Missouri.

Cremation with inurnment at Freeman Cemetery, Freeman, Missouri following a family lunch at the church after the Celebration of Life Service.

Memorial contributions may be made to One Community Hospice and sent in care of Dickey Funeral Home, PO Box 432, Harrisonville, Missouri 64701.