Lawton Constitution
Funeral for retired First Sgt. Alfred Beasley, 86, Lawton, will be at Memorial Chapel with Jim McGuire, chaplain, Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma, officiating.
Sgt. Beasley died Friday, Dec. 31, 2004, at his residence.
Burial with military honors will be at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill.
He was born Oct. 31, 1918, in Lillington, N.C., to John Henry and Gillie Ann Barefoot Beasley. He grew up in Fuqua, N.C.
He joined the Army on Sep. 5, 1939, and retired Feb. 28, 1969, with 30 years of service. He was a veteran of World War II and Korea. While in the Army, he earned the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and V for Valor.
After his retirement, he went into the drapery industry for many years.
He married Janis Singfield on April 1, 1941, in Lexington, S.C. He later married Evelyn F. McClaid on Dec. 31, 1964, in Livingston, Wyo. She died March 5, 2000. He then married Linda L. Levine on Aug. 18, 2003, in Wichita Falls, Texas.
He was a member of the VFW, the American Legion, Mount Scott Lodge No. 540, the Elks Lodge and the Retired Service Personnel Association. He was a 32nd-degree Mason, with a 50-year service pin. He was a Methodist.
Funeral for retired First Sgt. Alfred Beasley, 86, Lawton, will be at Memorial Chapel with Jim McGuire, chaplain, Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma, officiating.
Sgt. Beasley died Friday, Dec. 31, 2004, at his residence.
Burial with military honors will be at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill.
He was born Oct. 31, 1918, in Lillington, N.C., to John Henry and Gillie Ann Barefoot Beasley. He grew up in Fuqua, N.C.
He joined the Army on Sep. 5, 1939, and retired Feb. 28, 1969, with 30 years of service. He was a veteran of World War II and Korea. While in the Army, he earned the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and V for Valor.
After his retirement, he went into the drapery industry for many years.
He married Janis Singfield on April 1, 1941, in Lexington, S.C. He later married Evelyn F. McClaid on Dec. 31, 1964, in Livingston, Wyo. She died March 5, 2000. He then married Linda L. Levine on Aug. 18, 2003, in Wichita Falls, Texas.
He was a member of the VFW, the American Legion, Mount Scott Lodge No. 540, the Elks Lodge and the Retired Service Personnel Association. He was a 32nd-degree Mason, with a 50-year service pin. He was a Methodist.
Lawton Constitution
Funeral for retired First Sgt. Alfred Beasley, 86, Lawton, will be at Memorial Chapel with Jim McGuire, chaplain, Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma, officiating.
Sgt. Beasley died Friday, Dec. 31, 2004, at his residence.
Burial with military honors will be at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill.
He was born Oct. 31, 1918, in Lillington, N.C., to John Henry and Gillie Ann Barefoot Beasley. He grew up in Fuqua, N.C.
He joined the Army on Sep. 5, 1939, and retired Feb. 28, 1969, with 30 years of service. He was a veteran of World War II and Korea. While in the Army, he earned the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and V for Valor.
After his retirement, he went into the drapery industry for many years.
He married Janis Singfield on April 1, 1941, in Lexington, S.C. He later married Evelyn F. McClaid on Dec. 31, 1964, in Livingston, Wyo. She died March 5, 2000. He then married Linda L. Levine on Aug. 18, 2003, in Wichita Falls, Texas.
He was a member of the VFW, the American Legion, Mount Scott Lodge No. 540, the Elks Lodge and the Retired Service Personnel Association. He was a 32nd-degree Mason, with a 50-year service pin. He was a Methodist.
Funeral for retired First Sgt. Alfred Beasley, 86, Lawton, will be at Memorial Chapel with Jim McGuire, chaplain, Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma, officiating.
Sgt. Beasley died Friday, Dec. 31, 2004, at his residence.
Burial with military honors will be at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill.
He was born Oct. 31, 1918, in Lillington, N.C., to John Henry and Gillie Ann Barefoot Beasley. He grew up in Fuqua, N.C.
He joined the Army on Sep. 5, 1939, and retired Feb. 28, 1969, with 30 years of service. He was a veteran of World War II and Korea. While in the Army, he earned the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and V for Valor.
After his retirement, he went into the drapery industry for many years.
He married Janis Singfield on April 1, 1941, in Lexington, S.C. He later married Evelyn F. McClaid on Dec. 31, 1964, in Livingston, Wyo. She died March 5, 2000. He then married Linda L. Levine on Aug. 18, 2003, in Wichita Falls, Texas.
He was a member of the VFW, the American Legion, Mount Scott Lodge No. 540, the Elks Lodge and the Retired Service Personnel Association. He was a 32nd-degree Mason, with a 50-year service pin. He was a Methodist.
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BEASLEY
ALFRED / 1SG U S ARMY / Oct. 31, 1918 / Dec. 31, 2004
(married) Dec. 31, 1964
EVELYN F. / wife / Sept. 7, 1912 / Mar. 5, 2000
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