Earl Leon BEEMAN

1930 - 2009  (79 years)

• Name	Earl Leon BEEMAN  [1]
  	Earl Beeman, 79, of Meridian, passed away Monday, Sept. 14, 2009, at Meridian Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services are at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, in the Lawson Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. in Red Oak Cemetery, Red Oak, Texas. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, at Lawson Funeral Home. Earl Leon Beeman was born in Waco, Texas, to the late John Henry Beeman and Ethel Lorene Locke Beeman. He was raised in the Double Mountains area at Peacock, Texas. He enlisted in the U. S. Army and served from 1951 to 1959. Earl was united in marriage to Margie Jane Thrift on Feb. 14, 1953, in Cullman, Alabama. Earl worked as a road and bridge builder for many years and worked on many freeways and bridges across the country. He later settled in Mesquite, later moving to Lancaster and then to Meridian in 2000. He was preceded in death by his wife in July of 2002; brothers, J. W. Beeman and Robert Beeman; sister, Birty Newton; and brother-in-law, Rubin Firth. Survivors include sons, Charles Wayne Beeman and wife, Becky, and James Wesley Beeman and companion, Sidney Carlisle; sisters, Betty Shaw and husband, Ronald, and Donna Baker and husband, Richard; daughter-in-law, Melody Beeman; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; brothers, Thomas Beeman, Victor Beeman, James Beeman, and Jerry Don Beeman; sisters, Dorothy Nelson, Joyce Robertson, Sandra Beeman, Laurine Firth, and Frances Beaty; sisters-in law, Pat Baker, and Bobbie Joyce Beeman. WT: 9/16/2009 Posted on Find A Grave Created by: Ruth M. Brown [1]
  Birth	23 May 1930	Waco, McLennan Co., Texas   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	Living with parents in Prec. 4, Stonewall Co., Texas   [4]
  Death	14 Sep 2009  [1, 2]
  Burial	Red Oak Cemetery, Red Oak, Ellis Co., Texas   [1]
  Person ID	I86612	Main Tree
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2016

  
  

  Father	John Henry BEEMAN,   b. 15 Sep 1905, Gatesville, Coryell Co., Texas d. 17 Mar 1988, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Ethel Lorine LOCKE,   b. 12 Jan 1910, Oklahoma d. 10 Aug 1995, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F35622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margie Jane THRIFT
  Family ID	F35626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - 1940 - Living with parents in Prec. 4, Stonewall Co., Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S02329] Find A Grave Website. [S4545] Ancestry.com: U.S. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-2015. [S8683] Birth Certificate for Earl Leon Beeman. [S8678] 1940 Census Precinct 4, Stonewall County, Texas.