Esther A. Beasley, 86, of 710 Ashland Road died Tuesday afternoon, March 6, 2001 at MedCentral Mansfield Hospital after an extended illness. Mrs. Beasley was born November 21, 1914 on Springton Mountain, West Virginia. She retired from Essex Wire Company in Lexington and was employed several years at Alta Greenhouse. Mrs. Beasley was a very active and dedicated Christian who enjoyed working for her Lord. She was a life member of Flame Fellowship and Church Mother for Cowboy Fellowship Church. Esther did not die but joined her Lord in paradise forever.
She is survived by a son Phillip Beasley, and his wife Jane, whom she considered a very special daughter-in-law and friend, of Mansfield; four grandsons, Lester Beasley, and his wife Jackie, Randy Beasley, Steve Beasley, and his wife Milly, and Dan Beasley; two special granddaughters, Melissa Harmon and Jennifer Smith; eight great-grandchildren, Kris, and his fiancé, Janelle, John, Sarah, Sheena, Jessica, Zachary, Elijah, and Travis Beasley; a great great-granddaughter, Abbygail Grace Beasley of Porter, Texas; three brothers, Vessie Shrewsbury of Princeton, West Virginia; Melvin Shrewsbury of Tony, Alabama, and Roby Shrewsbury of Springton Mountain, West Virginia; three sisters, Lillie Laxton of Lashmeet, West Virginia, Rachel Duncan of Matoka, West Virginia, and Bernice Shrewsbury of Springton Mountain, West Virginia; numerous nieces and nephews; and special friend and prayer partner, Helen Carpenter. She was preceded in death by her parents, Whitfield & Vercie Akers Shewsbury; her husband, Roy T. Beasley; a brother, Jessie Shrewsbury; and a sister, China Clark.
Friends may call at the Diamond Street Home of Wappner Funeral Directors Friday from 5-9 p.m. The going home celebration will be held Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at the funeral home conducted Rev. Helen Carpenter. Burial will be at Mansfield Memorial Park.