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Bernard John Beasley

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Bernard John Beasley

Birth
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Death
12 Jan 1952 (aged 57)
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Bernard J. Beasley, Sr., 57, of 3201 Denver St., died yesterday in a Richmond hospital.

A deaf mute, [edited] he was well known as an amateur baseball player in Richmond, and was employed as a pressman for Globe Envelope Company.

Among the teams he played with were the Duplex Envelope Company team in 1912; the Twilight League of Church Hill from 1912 until 1921, and with the Dixie Eagles in the Intercity League in 1921.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nellie Marshall Beasley; two sons, Edward M. Beasley and Bernard J. Beasley, Jr., both of Richmond; a sister, Mrs. Eather Henley, of Richmond, and a brother, Ollie J. Beasley, and three grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held at 3 P.M. Monday at Joseph W. Bliley Funeral Home, with burial in Oakwood Cemetery.

The Times Dispatch
13 Jan 1952
Bernard J. Beasley, Sr., 57, of 3201 Denver St., died yesterday in a Richmond hospital.

A deaf mute, [edited] he was well known as an amateur baseball player in Richmond, and was employed as a pressman for Globe Envelope Company.

Among the teams he played with were the Duplex Envelope Company team in 1912; the Twilight League of Church Hill from 1912 until 1921, and with the Dixie Eagles in the Intercity League in 1921.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nellie Marshall Beasley; two sons, Edward M. Beasley and Bernard J. Beasley, Jr., both of Richmond; a sister, Mrs. Eather Henley, of Richmond, and a brother, Ollie J. Beasley, and three grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held at 3 P.M. Monday at Joseph W. Bliley Funeral Home, with burial in Oakwood Cemetery.

The Times Dispatch
13 Jan 1952

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