Roger Lee Beckett, age 67 of Stapleton, passed away Saturday May 18, 2013 as the result of an auto accident.
Roger was born on July 14, 1945 in Huntington, WV to Arnold and Loevenia (Blevins) Beckett. He grew up in Huntington and after high school entered the US Army. He served in Korea during the Vietnam War. Roger earned a diesel mechanic degree in the military after Korea. After his discharge he returned to West Virginia. He began his music career and played behind many famous musicians including Johnny Paycheck and Waylon Jennings. He drove a semi truck for 20 years. On December 23, 1995 he married Barbara Kramer and the couple settled in Stapleton. They continued to play their music together for 20 years working the road all over the country, as well as local venues. They truly enjoyed their time working together.
Roger will be remembered as a man of all means. He enjoyed fishing, traveling, old cars, he loved his pets and he loved his Lord. He was a caring man and a loving husband and father.
Roger is survived by his wife Barbara of Stapleton; children Joshua Lee Beckett of Stapleton, Regina (Tom) Burns of McCook, Robert Sean (Joann) Beckett of Michigan, and Roger Lee (and wife) Beckett Jr. also of Michigan; numerous grandchildren; sister Lucretia Riley of Heath, OH; uncle Robert Blevins of Huntington, WV; nephew Chris Whyde of Long Beach, CA; and many other family members and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brother in law Fred Riley.
A memorial has been established in his name and online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com. Cremation was chosen and a memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday May 29, 2013 at Adams and Swanson Funeral Home with Chaplain Robin Storer officiating. Those wishing to do so may sign the register book Monday 12n until 4pm and Tuesday from 9:00am until 5pm at Adams and Swanson Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.
Month: May 2013
Brad On Drugs While Married to Jennifer
Brad Pitt has opened up about his marriage to Jennifer Aniston and says he was abusing drugs during that period of his life. During a recent interview with Esquire, Pitt admits that his life felt incomplete during the 1990’s and his marriage to Aniston was a big part of it.
“For a long time I thought I did too much damage – drug damage. I was a bit of a drifter. A guy who felt he grew up in something of a vacuum and wanted to see things, wanted to be inspired. I followed that other thing. I spent years f***ing off,” he says in the interview.
Pitt and Aniston were married for seven years before splitting in 2005. In a previous interview with Parade Magazine he admits that they weren’t happy years:
“I think that my marriage had something to do with it. Trying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasn’t,” he explained.
New York Man Charged Federally with NE Flight Incident
A New York man had been indicted on federal charges, accused of assaulting and intimidating flight crew members on a flight from New York to Omaha last month.
Deshaun Blackett is charged in the indictment with interference with flight crew members and attendants. The indictment, handed down Thursday, comes after the 32-year-old Blackett was accused of yelling at flight attendants and grabbing one by the arm during the April 30 flight.
If convicted, Blackett faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Four NE Men Indicted on Sex Offender Registry Counts
(AP) — Four Nebraska men have been charged in separate federal indictments of failing to register as sex offenders.
Twenty-seven-year-old Duane Levering, of South Sioux City, and 34-year-old Stephen Tanner, of Omaha, are each accused of failing to register in March.
Thirty-four-year-old James Thompson is charged with failing to register from February through May. Federal authorities did not say where Thompson lives.
Thirty-six-year-old Oscar Gonzalez Jr., of Lexington, is accused of failing to register from October to May.
All the men were charged in indictments handed down Thursday. Each faces up to 10 years in federal prison if convicted.
Rut-Roh Amanda Bynes
(CNN)) Adding to what’s becoming a lengthy list of run-ins with the law, New York police arrested actress Amanda Bynes on Thursday night after she allegedly tossed drug paraphernalia out the window of her 36th floor Manhattan apartment.
Officers were called to her theater district abode after her building manager reported the 27-year-old star was smoking an “illegal substance” in the lobby, Christopher Pisano, a New York police spokesman, said.
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Bynes had headed back to her apartment by the time police arrived, but she let officers in when they knocked on the door, according to Pisano.
Once inside, the officers noticed a bong and other marijuana paraphernalia sitting on the coffee table, which Bynes immediately started to throw out the window.
Police have charged her with tampering with physical evidence, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of marijuana, Pisano said. Bynes was charged with endangerment because the paraphernalia could have hit someone below, he said.
The tampering charge is a felony. The two others are misdemeanors.
Bynes, wearing a blonde wig, was seen walking into NYPD’s Central Booking from the back of a police van on Thursday evening.
Bynes’ representatives did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment.
The star of “Easy A” and “Hairspray” has lived in New York since last fall, having moved there from the Los Angeles area.
Bynes has a DUI case pending in Southern California, while a pair of separate hit-and-run incidents against her were dismissed late last year. Earlier this month, she was sentenced to three years probation for driving on a suspended license.
May 24th
Actor-comedian Tommy Chong is 75
Musician Bob Dylan is 72
Actor Gary Burghoff (“M*A*S*H”) is 70
Singer Patti LaBelle is 69
Actress Priscilla Presley is 68
Country singer-songwriter Mike Reid is 66
Actor Jim Broadbent (“Moulin Rouge,” ”Iris”) is 64
Actor Alfred Molina is 60
Singer Rosanne Cash is 58
Actress Kristin Scott Thomas is 53
Bassist Jimmy Ashhurst of Buckcherry is 50
Keyboardist Vivian Trimble (Luscious Jackson) is 50
Actor John C. Reilly (“Chicago,” ”Gangs of New York”) is 48
Actor Eric Close (“Nashville,” ”Without A Trace”) is 46
Guitarist Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes) is 44
Actor Billy L. Sullivan (“Something So Right”) is 33
Actor-rapper Big Tyme is 32
Drummer Cody Hanson of Hinder is 31
Dancer Mark Ballas (“Dancing with the Stars”) is 27
Country singer Billy Gilman is 25
Actor Cayden Boyd is 19.
Entertainment in History May 24th
On May 24th, 1963, electric blues guitarist Elmore James suffered a fatal heart attack in Chicago at the age of 45. James, whose best-known recording was “Dust My Broom,” influenced such rock musicians as Keith Richards and Eric Clapton.
In 1969, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull were arrested for marijuana possession at their home in London.
In 1974, bandleader and composer Duke Ellington died of lung cancer at the age of 75. Ellington, considered by many to be the greatest jazz musician ever, composed such standards as “Mood Indigo” and “I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good.”
In 1978, the debut album by Van Halen went gold in the U.S.
In 1980, members of Genesis surprised fans by showing up at the box office of the Roxy in Los Angeles to sell tickets to their benefit for local hospitals the following night.
In 1990, Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses and Erin Everly, Don Everly’s daughter, filed for divorce. They were married 27 days.
In 1995, the members of Lynyrd Skynryd put their handprints and signatures into the Hollywood Rock Walk.
In 2000, Britney Spears’ album “Oops!…I Did It Again” sold 1.3 million copies its first week out, giving her the most first-week sales for a female artist.
In 2006, Taylor Hicks beat out Katherine McPhee to win the fifth season of “American Idol.”
In 2010, Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was found dead in a hotel room in Des Moines, Iowa. He was 38. An autopsy determined he died of a drug overdose.
Accident in Frontier County Injures Four
A one-vehicle accident led to multiple injuries in Frontier County on Wednesday.
According to a news release from the Frontier County Sheriff’s Office, the accident happened on a County Road northeast of Curtis.
The release says rescue personnel from Curtis and Maywood responded to the accident at around 3:15 p.m.
Three passengers in the vehicle were taken to Great Plains Regional Medical Center by ambulance, and the driver was life-flighted to Kearney’s Good Samaritan Hospital from the scene.
The names and conditions of those injured have not been released.
Lucille F. Dougherty
Lucille F. Dougherty, of Hershey, NE, passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte.
Lucille is survived by her loving husband, Patrick, of Hershey; and her four children, Debra Dougherty, Michael Dougherty, Douglas Dougherty and Marlyn Dougherty.
Funeral service will be 3 p.m. Sunday, May 26, 2013, at Odean Colonial Chapel At C & Sycamore with Rev. Dr. Douglas A. Delp officiating. Visitation will be the hour before the service. Cremation will follow the service. Condolences may also be shared at odeanchapel.com. Odean Colonial Chapel At C & Sycamore is in charge of arrangements.
Boy Scouts Vote to Allow Openly Gay Boys
(AP) — The Boy Scouts of America’s National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts.
Of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent supported the proposal.
Under the proposal drafted by the Scouts’ governing board, gay adults will remain barred from serving as Scout leaders.
The outcome is unlikely to end a bitter debate over the Scouts’ membership policy.
Some conservative churches that sponsor Scout units wanted to continue excluding gay youths, in some cases threatening to defect if the ban were lifted. More liberal Scout leaders — while supporting the proposal to accept gay youth — have made clear they want the ban on gay adults lifted as well.