Bobby Glenn Beamer, 60, of Charlottesville, Virginia was born on April 6, 1962 in Galax, Virginia to Betty and Glenn Beamer.
After graduating from Carroll County High School in 1980, Bobby earned an undergraduate degree in 1984 and master's degree in 1990 from Virginia Tech and a PhD in 1996 from Purdue University in agricultural economics where he met his wife, Gayle Erwin Beamer, whom he wed in 1993.
Bobby was a professor at Virginia Tech from 1994-2000 until Gayle received tenure at University of Virginia. He then changed careers and served as the Vice President of Web Services at the CFA Institute in Charlottesville from 2001-2005. After the birth of his beloved sons, Baxter (2001) and Tucker (2004), he resumed his academic career so he could spend more time with them. Until 2017 he taught and published in the fields of economics, marketing, and business management at University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Tech, and Piedmont Virginia Community College. Bobby was dedicated to his students and strove to inspire them to make the world a better place.
However, the accomplishment and job he was most passionate about and proud of was being a devoted father to his boys, Baxter and Tucker. He pursued anything they were interested in (including dinosaurs, space, birds, sea creatures, art, legos, music, and travel), challenged them to be life-long learners. He especially enjoyed reading to them every night, doing projects, taking them on adventures, and making them pancakes, grilled cheese sandwiches, and quesadillas. He was known for making their award-winning Halloween costumes, crafting most amazing scavenger hunts that included clues written with clever poems, and whatever 3D cakes the boys asked for including dinosaurs with smoldering volcanos, angler fish, narwhals, and the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars. And, for years he volunteered as a teacher at his sons' schools and served as a scout leader in their troop.
Sadly, though, Bobby suffered from Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), a rare and highly aggressive form of dementia that strikes young people in the prime of life (See the 60 Minutes segment titled "The Cruelest Disease You've Never Heard Of: Frontotemporal Dementia" https://www.cbsnews.com/video/frontotemporal-dementia-devastating-prevalent-and-little-understood-60-minutes-2019-09-15/).
The disease causes difficulty in using and understanding written and spoken language as well as cognitive reasoning. It begins slowly over a period of years and then progresses rapidly in the later stages. Over the course of more than a decade, this insidious disease gradually stole Bobby from us, though he was not diagnosed until the final stage of the disease in 2018 after significant decline had already occurred. He passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 15, 2022 surrounded by loved ones at Grayson Rehabilitation & Health Center in Independence, Virginia where he had been receiving exceptional full-time care when it was no longer possible for his family to care for him at home.
Bobby will be sorely missed by family and the many friends he made along the way. He will be remembered for his compassion, thoughtfulness, creativity, sense of humor, intelligence, love of books, generous spirit, disc golf, and allegiance to the Hokies. Anyone who knew Bobby knew his family meant more to him than anything and that he was the most loving husband, father, son, brother, uncle, and cousin a family could ask for and the most loyal of friends you could always count on. He was predeceased by his parents, and is survived by Gayle, Baxter, and Tucker, and his sisters Susan Beamer and her daughter Kaylee Montgomery and Brenda Moore and her husband Dale Moore.
A celebration of Bobby's life is planned for a later date and condolences may be left with Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Funeral Home
After graduating from Carroll County High School in 1980, Bobby earned an undergraduate degree in 1984 and master's degree in 1990 from Virginia Tech and a PhD in 1996 from Purdue University in agricultural economics where he met his wife, Gayle Erwin Beamer, whom he wed in 1993.
Bobby was a professor at Virginia Tech from 1994-2000 until Gayle received tenure at University of Virginia. He then changed careers and served as the Vice President of Web Services at the CFA Institute in Charlottesville from 2001-2005. After the birth of his beloved sons, Baxter (2001) and Tucker (2004), he resumed his academic career so he could spend more time with them. Until 2017 he taught and published in the fields of economics, marketing, and business management at University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Tech, and Piedmont Virginia Community College. Bobby was dedicated to his students and strove to inspire them to make the world a better place.
However, the accomplishment and job he was most passionate about and proud of was being a devoted father to his boys, Baxter and Tucker. He pursued anything they were interested in (including dinosaurs, space, birds, sea creatures, art, legos, music, and travel), challenged them to be life-long learners. He especially enjoyed reading to them every night, doing projects, taking them on adventures, and making them pancakes, grilled cheese sandwiches, and quesadillas. He was known for making their award-winning Halloween costumes, crafting most amazing scavenger hunts that included clues written with clever poems, and whatever 3D cakes the boys asked for including dinosaurs with smoldering volcanos, angler fish, narwhals, and the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars. And, for years he volunteered as a teacher at his sons' schools and served as a scout leader in their troop.
Sadly, though, Bobby suffered from Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), a rare and highly aggressive form of dementia that strikes young people in the prime of life (See the 60 Minutes segment titled "The Cruelest Disease You've Never Heard Of: Frontotemporal Dementia" https://www.cbsnews.com/video/frontotemporal-dementia-devastating-prevalent-and-little-understood-60-minutes-2019-09-15/).
The disease causes difficulty in using and understanding written and spoken language as well as cognitive reasoning. It begins slowly over a period of years and then progresses rapidly in the later stages. Over the course of more than a decade, this insidious disease gradually stole Bobby from us, though he was not diagnosed until the final stage of the disease in 2018 after significant decline had already occurred. He passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 15, 2022 surrounded by loved ones at Grayson Rehabilitation & Health Center in Independence, Virginia where he had been receiving exceptional full-time care when it was no longer possible for his family to care for him at home.
Bobby will be sorely missed by family and the many friends he made along the way. He will be remembered for his compassion, thoughtfulness, creativity, sense of humor, intelligence, love of books, generous spirit, disc golf, and allegiance to the Hokies. Anyone who knew Bobby knew his family meant more to him than anything and that he was the most loving husband, father, son, brother, uncle, and cousin a family could ask for and the most loyal of friends you could always count on. He was predeceased by his parents, and is survived by Gayle, Baxter, and Tucker, and his sisters Susan Beamer and her daughter Kaylee Montgomery and Brenda Moore and her husband Dale Moore.
A celebration of Bobby's life is planned for a later date and condolences may be left with Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Funeral Home
Bobby Glenn Beamer, 60, of Charlottesville, Virginia was born on April 6, 1962 in Galax, Virginia to Betty and Glenn Beamer.
After graduating from Carroll County High School in 1980, Bobby earned an undergraduate degree in 1984 and master's degree in 1990 from Virginia Tech and a PhD in 1996 from Purdue University in agricultural economics where he met his wife, Gayle Erwin Beamer, whom he wed in 1993.
Bobby was a professor at Virginia Tech from 1994-2000 until Gayle received tenure at University of Virginia. He then changed careers and served as the Vice President of Web Services at the CFA Institute in Charlottesville from 2001-2005. After the birth of his beloved sons, Baxter (2001) and Tucker (2004), he resumed his academic career so he could spend more time with them. Until 2017 he taught and published in the fields of economics, marketing, and business management at University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Tech, and Piedmont Virginia Community College. Bobby was dedicated to his students and strove to inspire them to make the world a better place.
However, the accomplishment and job he was most passionate about and proud of was being a devoted father to his boys, Baxter and Tucker. He pursued anything they were interested in (including dinosaurs, space, birds, sea creatures, art, legos, music, and travel), challenged them to be life-long learners. He especially enjoyed reading to them every night, doing projects, taking them on adventures, and making them pancakes, grilled cheese sandwiches, and quesadillas. He was known for making their award-winning Halloween costumes, crafting most amazing scavenger hunts that included clues written with clever poems, and whatever 3D cakes the boys asked for including dinosaurs with smoldering volcanos, angler fish, narwhals, and the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars. And, for years he volunteered as a teacher at his sons' schools and served as a scout leader in their troop.
Sadly, though, Bobby suffered from Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), a rare and highly aggressive form of dementia that strikes young people in the prime of life (See the 60 Minutes segment titled "The Cruelest Disease You've Never Heard Of: Frontotemporal Dementia" https://www.cbsnews.com/video/frontotemporal-dementia-devastating-prevalent-and-little-understood-60-minutes-2019-09-15/).
The disease causes difficulty in using and understanding written and spoken language as well as cognitive reasoning. It begins slowly over a period of years and then progresses rapidly in the later stages. Over the course of more than a decade, this insidious disease gradually stole Bobby from us, though he was not diagnosed until the final stage of the disease in 2018 after significant decline had already occurred. He passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 15, 2022 surrounded by loved ones at Grayson Rehabilitation & Health Center in Independence, Virginia where he had been receiving exceptional full-time care when it was no longer possible for his family to care for him at home.
Bobby will be sorely missed by family and the many friends he made along the way. He will be remembered for his compassion, thoughtfulness, creativity, sense of humor, intelligence, love of books, generous spirit, disc golf, and allegiance to the Hokies. Anyone who knew Bobby knew his family meant more to him than anything and that he was the most loving husband, father, son, brother, uncle, and cousin a family could ask for and the most loyal of friends you could always count on. He was predeceased by his parents, and is survived by Gayle, Baxter, and Tucker, and his sisters Susan Beamer and her daughter Kaylee Montgomery and Brenda Moore and her husband Dale Moore.
A celebration of Bobby's life is planned for a later date and condolences may be left with Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Funeral Home
After graduating from Carroll County High School in 1980, Bobby earned an undergraduate degree in 1984 and master's degree in 1990 from Virginia Tech and a PhD in 1996 from Purdue University in agricultural economics where he met his wife, Gayle Erwin Beamer, whom he wed in 1993.
Bobby was a professor at Virginia Tech from 1994-2000 until Gayle received tenure at University of Virginia. He then changed careers and served as the Vice President of Web Services at the CFA Institute in Charlottesville from 2001-2005. After the birth of his beloved sons, Baxter (2001) and Tucker (2004), he resumed his academic career so he could spend more time with them. Until 2017 he taught and published in the fields of economics, marketing, and business management at University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Tech, and Piedmont Virginia Community College. Bobby was dedicated to his students and strove to inspire them to make the world a better place.
However, the accomplishment and job he was most passionate about and proud of was being a devoted father to his boys, Baxter and Tucker. He pursued anything they were interested in (including dinosaurs, space, birds, sea creatures, art, legos, music, and travel), challenged them to be life-long learners. He especially enjoyed reading to them every night, doing projects, taking them on adventures, and making them pancakes, grilled cheese sandwiches, and quesadillas. He was known for making their award-winning Halloween costumes, crafting most amazing scavenger hunts that included clues written with clever poems, and whatever 3D cakes the boys asked for including dinosaurs with smoldering volcanos, angler fish, narwhals, and the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars. And, for years he volunteered as a teacher at his sons' schools and served as a scout leader in their troop.
Sadly, though, Bobby suffered from Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), a rare and highly aggressive form of dementia that strikes young people in the prime of life (See the 60 Minutes segment titled "The Cruelest Disease You've Never Heard Of: Frontotemporal Dementia" https://www.cbsnews.com/video/frontotemporal-dementia-devastating-prevalent-and-little-understood-60-minutes-2019-09-15/).
The disease causes difficulty in using and understanding written and spoken language as well as cognitive reasoning. It begins slowly over a period of years and then progresses rapidly in the later stages. Over the course of more than a decade, this insidious disease gradually stole Bobby from us, though he was not diagnosed until the final stage of the disease in 2018 after significant decline had already occurred. He passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 15, 2022 surrounded by loved ones at Grayson Rehabilitation & Health Center in Independence, Virginia where he had been receiving exceptional full-time care when it was no longer possible for his family to care for him at home.
Bobby will be sorely missed by family and the many friends he made along the way. He will be remembered for his compassion, thoughtfulness, creativity, sense of humor, intelligence, love of books, generous spirit, disc golf, and allegiance to the Hokies. Anyone who knew Bobby knew his family meant more to him than anything and that he was the most loving husband, father, son, brother, uncle, and cousin a family could ask for and the most loyal of friends you could always count on. He was predeceased by his parents, and is survived by Gayle, Baxter, and Tucker, and his sisters Susan Beamer and her daughter Kaylee Montgomery and Brenda Moore and her husband Dale Moore.
A celebration of Bobby's life is planned for a later date and condolences may be left with Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Funeral Home
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