Olive Metz Bean, 97, of Metz community, Mannington, died Friday, Dec. 21, 2001, at home. She was born Dec. 31, 1903, in a log house on the family farm at Metz, daughter of the late Prince Metz and Maude Holbert Metz Horner. She graduated from Mannington High School in 1922, and was a 1933 nursing school graduate of the former Cook Hospital in Fairmont. She was postmaster of the Wadestown Post Office from 1953-73. She enjoyed gardening, baking, sewing and visiting with friends on her front porch. She was a member of West Warren Baptist Church at Wadestown and also attended services at First Century Church, Metz. She is survived by three sons and a spouse, Jesse Lee Bean Jr., of Metz, Joseph C. and Alice J. Bean, of Fairmont, and Samuel E. Bean, of Metz; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Margaret Tennant, of Metz. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jesse L. Bean Sr., on May 7, 1978; a sister, Opal Leone "Tude" McMunn Tate; two brothers, Samuel Tazwell Horner and Virgil Martin Horner; and her stepfather, Jasper Horner. Friends may call at Masters Funeral Home, in Mannington, from 3:30-8 p.m. Sunday. Service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 24, with the Rev. Bill Coon officiating. Burial will be in Wadestown Cemetery.
Olive Metz Bean, 97, of Metz community, Mannington, died Friday, Dec. 21, 2001, at home. She was born Dec. 31, 1903, in a log house on the family farm at Metz, daughter of the late Prince Metz and Maude Holbert Metz Horner. She graduated from Mannington High School in 1922, and was a 1933 nursing school graduate of the former Cook Hospital in Fairmont. She was postmaster of the Wadestown Post Office from 1953-73. She enjoyed gardening, baking, sewing and visiting with friends on her front porch. She was a member of West Warren Baptist Church at Wadestown and also attended services at First Century Church, Metz. She is survived by three sons and a spouse, Jesse Lee Bean Jr., of Metz, Joseph C. and Alice J. Bean, of Fairmont, and Samuel E. Bean, of Metz; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Margaret Tennant, of Metz. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jesse L. Bean Sr., on May 7, 1978; a sister, Opal Leone "Tude" McMunn Tate; two brothers, Samuel Tazwell Horner and Virgil Martin Horner; and her stepfather, Jasper Horner. Friends may call at Masters Funeral Home, in Mannington, from 3:30-8 p.m. Sunday. Service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 24, with the Rev. Bill Coon officiating. Burial will be in Wadestown Cemetery.
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