Rachel Fowlkes Beck, 99 - The Advocate-Messenger

Rachel Fowlkes Beck, 99 - The Advocate-Messenger

Rachel Fowlkes Beck, 99, of Danville, Kentucky, died peacefully on March 23, 2025. She was the fifth of seven children born on March 15, 1926, to the late James Nolan Fowlkes and Mame Elizabeth Waggnor Fowlkes. She graduated from Trible High School in New Johnsonville, Tennessee, in 1943. After graduation, Rachel moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, where she kept house and cared for the young daughter of the Burdettes (family friends) while they both…