Gates County NcArchives Obituaries.....Beale, Dixie Martha Derby 1949
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THE TIDEWATER NEWS - 05-20-1949, P. 5
DIXIE MARTHA DERBY BEALE

   Mrs. Dixie Derby Beale, 72, wife of A. Frank Beale of Branchville, died at 
3:18 o’clock Sunday afternoon, May 15, in Raiford Memorial Hospital.

   Mrs. Beale was the daughter of the late Alonzia and Martha Holland Derby of 
Gates, N.C.  She was married to Mr. Beale on January 6, 1910. She was a member 
of the Branchville Baptist Church, in all the affairs of which she participated 
actively as long as her health permitted. A shut-in for 25 years, she belonged 
to a number of shut-in organizations, the “Sunshine Sisters Friendship Club,” 
“The Open Window,” “ Along the Way,” and “Cheerful Echoes;” and she continued 
her Christian work by keeping up her daily Bible reading and corresponding with 
people of all Christian faiths. One of her “pen pals” from Bridgeport, Ohio, 
attended her funeral. She loved all of her friends, the pastor who called to 
offer words of cheer, and the members of her family who were faithful and 
attentive to her during her long confinement to her home.

   She is survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Virgie B. Grizzard of 
Branchville and Mrs. Mildred B. Turner of Norfolk; one son, Lawson D. Beale of 
Branchville; two stepchildren, Aubrey T. Beale and Amie M. Beale, also of 
Branchville; seven grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Alma Hinds of Indianpolis, 
Ind.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Beale were conducted Tuesday afternoon at three 
o’clock at the residence by Rev. W.L. Sturtevant, pastor of the Branchville 
Methodist Church, and Rev. R.D. Stephenson of Franklin in the absence of her 
pastor, Rev. N.B. Habel. The choir of the Branchville Baptist Church sang “Safe 
In the Arms of Jesus,” “Good Night and Good Morning,” and “Beautiful Isle of 
Somewhere.” The casket was covered with a pall of roses and calla lilies. The 
floral designs were many and beautiful. Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery, 
Boykins.

   Pallbearers were Jack Derby, Braxton Derby, George Derry, Sidney T. Boothe, 
Dr. J.J. Grizzard, Wilbert Grizzard, J.V. Beale, Wallace Derby, Shelly Joyner 
and R.A. Bryant. Honorary pallbearers were friends of the family.


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