RITA EDWARDS BECRAFT

Rita Edwards Becraft, age 88, of Abingdon passed away on Sunday, June 18, 2023, at the Berea Health and Rehab Center in Fredericksburg. She was born Sep 1, 1934, to Richard Lee Edwards and Roma Cochran Edwards in rural Dickenson County. Rita retired from the National Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Hospital in Arlington, after more than 34 years of service. She was a loyal member of the Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ at Tivis Chapel.

Rita was preceded in death by her mother and father; her husband of 47 years, Arthur Becraft; brothers, Harold and Cline Edwards, and sisters Sue Edwards Kelley, and Brenda Kaye Edwards Barrett.

She is survived by sister, Shirley Edwards Stanley of Abingdon; brother, Scottie Edwards of Haysi; three sons, Don Fleming and wife, Barbara, of Fredericksburg, Rick Fleming and wife, Tina, of Eclectic, Ala., and Tim Fleming and wife, Loretta, of Fredericksburg; seven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.

A funeral ceremony will be held on Friday, June 23, 2023, at 10 a.m. at the Main Street Chapel of Farris Funeral Service with Elders Rick Mullins and Mark Justice officiating. Interment will follow at Knollkreg Memorial Park. Visitation with the family will be held on Thursday, June 22, 2019, from 4-6 p.m. at the funeral home.

The family of Rita Edwards Becraft is being cared for by Farris Funeral Service & Crematory, 427 East Main Street, Abingdon, Va., 24210, (276) 623-2700.