Anna Ator

Amarillo, Tex.-- Anna Bob Beckham Ator, died Sunday June 7, 2009 after an extended illness. She was the daughter of Robert C. and Elizabeth Long (Betty) Beckham, of Tupelo, MS, known to her family by her childhood nickname Teensy. She married Lloyd George Ator on April 15, 1942, shortly before he reported for active duty. Not long after the war they returned to Tupelo, where Colonel Ator served with the Mississippi National Guard. The family moved to Alexandria, VA, when Col. Ator was assigned to the Pentagon, and then to Jackson, MS, where he was Chief of Staff for the Mississippi-Alabama National Guard until his retirement. Until her retirement in 1992, Mrs. Ator was employed in the medical records department of hospitals and clinics as an expert transcriber of operation notes, a skill that required an extensive knowledge of medical terminology and procedures . Upon Col. Ators retirement, the family moved to his home state of Texas, settling in Denton, where Mrs. Ator remained after Col. Ators death in 1975. In 2005, she moved to Amarillo to live with her daughter, Becky.
Graveside Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Lee Memorial Park. W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include her children, Lloyd Ator, Jr. of Silver Spring, MD, her daughter, Anna Elizabeth (Becky) Ator Koen of Amarillo, TX, and Robert Ator of Silver Spring, MD; her grandchildren, Melissa Ator Parisi, Justin Koen, David Koen, Laura Koen Sanders, and Marianna Ator; and great-grandchildren, Kyle and Eva Parisi, Symphony Koen, Hunter and Bella Sanders, and Willa Koen.