Stanley W. Beeson: Appalachian Aristocracy

1932 - 2006 (73 years)

Generation: 1

Stanley W. Beeson was born 14 May 1932, Cambridge City, Wayne Co. IN; died 18 Mar 2006, Raleigh, Indiana; was buried , Bentonville Cemetery, Bentonville, Fayette Co. IN.

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OBITUARY

The Palladium-Item, Richmond, IN

Stanley W. Beeson

RALEIGH, Ind. -- Stanley W. Beeson, age 73, departed this world for a better place Saturday, March 18, 2006.

He had spent 20 years in Raleigh after a short time in New York and then Connecticut in the early 1980s. He was formerly from Richmond, Ind., and Greenville, Ohio.

Stanley was born in Cambridge City, Ind., on May 14, 1932, son of the late Vernon Mason and Elizabeth Arleen.

He grew up in Richmond and on the family farm near Cambridge City. Stanley graduated from Richmond High School in 1951.

While serving in the Navy Reserves, he married his high school sweetheart, Naomi Carolyn Miller in 1953, who predeceases him.

He was many things to many people in all his years, from working the family farm in his young years to building his own home in Greenville, Ohio, with his father, becoming vice president of systems to a bank in Burlington, N.C., and retiring from another financial institution in Florence, S.C.

His retirement was made special by friends and loved ones at the Raleigh RBC Center, where he enjoyed working security and helping in any way he could.

He was a member of Webb Masonic Lodge 24 Richmond, Ind.

Above all, he was a good husband, friend, mentor, father and grandfather and will be dearly missed.

Survivors include four children, Stanley D. Beeson of Concord, Calif., Tonnyia B. Knox and husband of Tega Cay, S.C., Melissa J. Farley of Virginia Beach, Va., and Steven D. Beeson of Asheville, N.C. He leaves six grandchildren, Carrie and Kurt Bougus, Matthew, Jaimee and Conner Farley, and Bagley Knox; three nieces, a nephew; and very dear friend, Barbara Ringley and family; as well as many other special and close friends of the family.

A funeral service will be held Friday, March 31, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Waskom Capitol Hill Chapel in Cambridge City, Ind., followed by burial at the Bentonville Cemetery in Bentonville, Ind. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, March 30, 2006, where there will be a Masonic service at 8 p.m. by Webb Masonic Lodge 24.

Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718.

Stanley married Naomi Carolyn Miller. Naomi (daughter of Bert Albert Miller and Naomi Helen Sexton) was born 07 Dec 1932, Preble Co. OH; died 04 Apr 2002, Raleigh, Wake Co. NC; was buried , Bentonville Cemetery, Bentonville, Fayette Co. IN. [Group Sheet]

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Generation: 2