Taliaferro County GaArchives Obituaries.....Beazley, William Oscar June 7, 2004
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Marietta Daily Journal, June 18, 2004
William Oscar Beazley, son of Dr. Alexander H. Beazley and Ora Holden Beazley 
of Crawfordville, GA died on June 7, 2004 at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, 
GA.  Mr. Beazley lived in Crawfordville in his youth and attended the public 
schools in Crawfordville. After attending Oglethorpe College in Atlanta he 
began his medical studies at Emory University. After a few years he changed to 
business and worked with his uncle at Thompson, Boland, and Lee Shoe Stores in 
Atlanta. He left Atlanta and moved to Crawfordville in the 1940's to run the 
family store, Holden & Co.. He became the mayor of the town in the early 50's 
and served in the office for two terms. In the late 50's he and his family 
moved back to Atlanta to continue working for his uncle at Thompson, Boland & 
Lee Shoe Stores. He was assistant manager of approximately 10 stores 
throughout metro Atlanta.In addition to being a successful shoe salesman and 
mayor of a small town, Mr. Beazley was also an advocate for peace during the 
civil rights era in Atlanta. He became personal friends of Martin Luther King 
Sr. After retiring in the late 1970's he and his wife moved to Bent Tree, a 
retirement community in Jasper, GA. He and his wife were founding members of 
the New Lebanon Presbyterian Church in Jasper. The both also served as elders 
of the church.He was preceded in death by his wife Josephine by only 41 hours.
The two were married for 67 years. They are survived by three children, Nancy 
Hutto of Roswell, Arthur Beazley of Woodstock, and Helen Kacynski of 
Woodstock, GA. They also have two grandchildren, Mark Hutto of Jacksonville, 
FL and Helen H. Halloran of Marietta; three great grandsons, Holden, Whitaker, 
and Walker Hutto of Jacksonville, FL. 

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