MULLINS - Mr. Joseph O. Beeson, 92, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at McLeod Hospice House surrounded by his family. Mr. Beeson was born in Mullins on January 20, 1928 to Emory Andrew and Amanda Price Beeson and was the youngest of thirteen children.
Mr. Beeson graduated from Mullins High School, attended Georgia Tech and proudly served in the United States Navy before completing his education at the University of Georgia in 1952. He was a lifelong Georgia Bulldog supporter. Following his college graduation, he returned to Mullins, where he would work in farming for the next forty years. Mr. Beeson had served on the local school board and the Board of Directors of the former Davis National Bank. He was a member and former Sunday School teacher at Mullins First Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Beeson was preceded in death by his twelve siblings, including brothers, Harvey, Andrew, James, Fred, Malcolm, Gault, and Paul Beeson, as well as five sisters, Eva Phifer, Letha Freeze, Rachael Garner, Hazel Hancock, and Agnes Beeson.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 50 years, Linda Beeson; children, Amanda Beeson Lora (Peter) of Taos, New Mexico, Jeb Beeson (Caitlyn) of Myrtle Beach and Lindsay Beeson Strickland (Stacy) of Mullins; and 4 grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Old Zion Methodist Church Cemetery with Reverend Jason Brewer and Reverend Robbie Baxley officiating.
- Meares Funeral Home
MULLINS - Mr. Joseph O. Beeson, 92, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at McLeod Hospice House surrounded by his family. Mr. Beeson was born in Mullins on January 20, 1928 to Emory Andrew and Amanda Price Beeson and was the youngest of thirteen children.
Mr. Beeson graduated from Mullins High School, attended Georgia Tech and proudly served in the United States Navy before completing his education at the University of Georgia in 1952. He was a lifelong Georgia Bulldog supporter. Following his college graduation, he returned to Mullins, where he would work in farming for the next forty years. Mr. Beeson had served on the local school board and the Board of Directors of the former Davis National Bank. He was a member and former Sunday School teacher at Mullins First Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Beeson was preceded in death by his twelve siblings, including brothers, Harvey, Andrew, James, Fred, Malcolm, Gault, and Paul Beeson, as well as five sisters, Eva Phifer, Letha Freeze, Rachael Garner, Hazel Hancock, and Agnes Beeson.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 50 years, Linda Beeson; children, Amanda Beeson Lora (Peter) of Taos, New Mexico, Jeb Beeson (Caitlyn) of Myrtle Beach and Lindsay Beeson Strickland (Stacy) of Mullins; and 4 grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Old Zion Methodist Church Cemetery with Reverend Jason Brewer and Reverend Robbie Baxley officiating.
- Meares Funeral Home
Family Members
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Henry Harvey Beeson
1902–1983
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Eva Irene Beeson Phifer
1904–1985
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Emory Andrew Beeson Jr
1906–1968
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Leatha Beeson Freeze
1908–1975
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Rachel Beeson Garner
1910–2003
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Hazel Beeson Hancock
1912–2010
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Agnes Beeson
1914–1987
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James Price Beeson Sr
1915–2004
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Fred Walter Beeson
1917–1996
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Travis Malcolm Beeson Sr
1919–1993
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Marvin Gault Beeson
1921–2007
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Paul Erskine Beeson
1924–2001
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