Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beasley, James L., 2014 

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JAMES LEO BEASLEY 

  WAKEFIELD - James Leo Beasley, 95, of Wakefield passed away on Thursday, 
April 24, 2014.  Mr. Beasley served his country in the U.S. Navy during 
World War II where he was stationed at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked 
on December 7, 1941.  He was a member of Wakefield United Methodist Church, 
Wakefield Masonic Lodge #198, Wakefield Ruritan Club, the Pearl Harbor 
Survivors Association and had served on Wakefield Town Council from 1992-
1994.  Mr. Beasley was retired civil service from Fort Lee and had worked 
part time for many years for Purviance Funeral Home.  He was predeceased 
by his parents, William A. and Susie Ann Beasley; wife, Elizabeth Luter 
Beasley; daughter, Mary Beasley Williams; daughter-in-law, Elsie Beasley; 
grandson, James Irvin Beasley and siblings, Cornelia B. Hollis, Emma B. 
Cravens, Jesse L. Beasley and Carl. M. Beasley.

  Left to cherish his memory is his son, Lonnie F. Beasley; grandchildren, 
Teresa Fletcher and husband, Perry, Nancy Bealsey and James McRady and 
wife, Ginger; great-grandchildren, Brroke Henderson and husband, Jeff, 
Meaghann Fletcher, Mary Lindsay Fletcher, Caleb McRady and wife, Rachel, 
Ashley Goode and Amber Farjan; great-great-grandchildren, Faith Elizabeth 
Henderson, Adrianna Farjan, Gabriel Farjan and Christian Farjan; brother, 
Emmett S. Beasley and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

  The family will received friends Sunday, April 27, 2014 at R.W. Baker & 
Co. Funeral Home Wakefield Chapel, 11414 General Mahone Hwy, Wakefield, VA 
23888 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.  A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. 
on Monday, April 28, 2014 at the funeral home with Rev. Ray Rowland 
officiating.  Burial with Military Honors and Masonic Rites will follow at 
Wakefield Cemetery.  Memorial donations may be made in Beasley’s memory to 
Wakefield Volunteer Fire department, 155 Fleetwood Ave. Wakefield, VA 23888 
or Waverly Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. 583 Waverly, VA 23890. 


"Jim" James Leo BEASLEY, retired civil servant, former Wakefield councilman, 
Navy veteran of WW-II - Pearl Harbor survivor, 
b. 4 Mar 1919, Henderson Co., KY, d. 24 Apr 2014, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 28 Apr 2014, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Apr. 27, 2014 

*A note says a dog is buried in his casket. 
   Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His parents are buried in Mount Zion General Baptist Church Cemetery, 
   Reed, Henderson Co., KY.  (Find a Grave Mem. #53542283 &c.) 


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