AVERY COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Bob G. Beam, 13 Apr 2001
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BOB G. BEAM 

NEWLAND – Bob G. Beam, 66, of Three Mile Hwy., died Friday, April 13, 2001 in 
an Asheville hospital. A native of Mitchell County, he was the son of the late 
James Ramey Beam and Essie Irene Ollis Beam of Spruce Pine. A graduate of UNC 
Chapel Hill, he was retired from the N.C. Division of Adult Probation and 
Parole. He was a member and Past Master of the Vesper Lodge #554 and a member 
and past president of the Avery Shrine Club. An active member of Pine Grove 
United Methodist Church, he served as a Sunday School teacher. In addition to 
his father, he was preceded in death by a son, Kevin William Beam. 

In addition to his mother he is survived by his wife, Margaret Bellamy Beam of 
the home; sons, Bobby Beam of Roan Mtn., TN, and Kenneth Beam of Cornelius; 
sisters, Brenda Eng of Spruce Pine, Barbara Stadley of Statesville, Bonita 
Bishop of Hickory, and Beverly VanRoekel of Lexington. 

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Monday at the Grandfather Chapel of Reins-
Sturdivant Funeral Homes. The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Sunday at 
the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Pine Grove Methodist Church, 
c/o Denise Pittman, 54 Skyhook Lane, Spruce Pine, NC 28777 or the Shriners 
Children's Hospital, 950 West Faris Road, Greenville, SC 29605.