Robert Rodney Beckett, Jr., 45, departed this life August 6, 2014, at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, in Denton, Tx. He was a taxi driver and an oil and gas landman. He was a member of Trietsch Memorial United Methodist Church in Flower Mound, Tx. Robby was born September 18, 1968, in Oxford, to Robert Rodney Beckett and Patricia Daniel Beckett. He graduated from Bruce High School in 1986 where he lettered in five sports, was named Mr. Bruce High School, won the Trojan Award, and was selected to the Hall of Fame. He attended Northwest Junior College where he excelled in football and was twice named to the Mississippi Junior College All-State team. He later attended the University of Mississippi. He loved his children, his friends and family, sports, especially football, and the Ole Miss Rebels.
He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Rodney Beckett; his paternal grandparents, William Wilbern Beckett and Viola Collins Beckett, and his maternal grandparents, O.V. Daniel and Odein Ingram Daniel.
He is survived by his fiancee, Bobbie Brown, Denton, Tx.; two sons, Robert Tucker Beckett and William Tannor Beckett, Alexander City, AL; his mother and stepfather, Patricia Beckett Sims and Kent Sims, Flower Mound, Tx.; one brother, Ryan (Sara) Beckett, Jackson; one sister, Ashley (Paul) Soliz, Cleveland; two step-sisters, Anissa (Adrian) Briseno and Angelique (Hadly) Weaver, both of Lubbock, Tx.; nephews, Nathan Soliz, Thomas Beckett, Huston Briseno, Hutson Briseno, Brady Weaver; nieces, Katie Soliz, Eliza Beckett, Riley Weaver, Allie Soliz, and a host of uncles, aunts and cousins.
The family will receive friends from 1 until 3 p.m. Sunday, August 10, at Parker Memorial Funeral Home in Bruce. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. at the funeral home with Bro. Darrell Logan officiating. Burial will be at Bruce Cemetery in Bruce.
