Chester was born at the east end of Soledad Canyon, Territory of NM south of the Organ Mountains in the Rucker House delivered by his sister Sarah in 1902 when the midwife was late for delivery, 10 years before statehood.
The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Wednesday, February 2, 1994, page 2B
Chester Beasley
Chester Arthur (Buck) Beasley, 92, of Chino Valley, died Feb. 1, 1994, at the Yavapai Medical Center.
He was born Jan. 30, 1902, at Organ, New Mexico Territory to George Russell and Sarah Virginia (Briley) Beasley. He moved from New Mexico to Douglas (Ariz.) in 1948, and to Chino in 1972. He was a retired cattleman and farmer.
Survivors include his wife, Una May, of Chino Valley; one son and daughter-in-law, Chester Garner and Ma Donna Beasley, of Chino Valley; one daughter and son-in-law, Virgina May and Robert Shull, of Covina, Calif.; one sister, Ivy Clay, of Chino Valley; a daughter-in-law of Chino Valley, widow of Arthur Beasley, a deceased son; 13 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 8 great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Chapel.
Burial will follow at Chino Valley Cemetery. Pastor Bill Brasham will officiate.
[Courtesy of Judy Wight Branson]
(Recorded by: K. Ned Beasley of Rural Hall, North Carolina, 2nd cousin three times removed & Mark Beasley of Edgewood, New Mexico, grandson).
Chester was born at the east end of Soledad Canyon, Territory of NM south of the Organ Mountains in the Rucker House delivered by his sister Sarah in 1902 when the midwife was late for delivery, 10 years before statehood.
The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Wednesday, February 2, 1994, page 2B
Chester Beasley
Chester Arthur (Buck) Beasley, 92, of Chino Valley, died Feb. 1, 1994, at the Yavapai Medical Center.
He was born Jan. 30, 1902, at Organ, New Mexico Territory to George Russell and Sarah Virginia (Briley) Beasley. He moved from New Mexico to Douglas (Ariz.) in 1948, and to Chino in 1972. He was a retired cattleman and farmer.
Survivors include his wife, Una May, of Chino Valley; one son and daughter-in-law, Chester Garner and Ma Donna Beasley, of Chino Valley; one daughter and son-in-law, Virgina May and Robert Shull, of Covina, Calif.; one sister, Ivy Clay, of Chino Valley; a daughter-in-law of Chino Valley, widow of Arthur Beasley, a deceased son; 13 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 8 great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Chapel.
Burial will follow at Chino Valley Cemetery. Pastor Bill Brasham will officiate.
[Courtesy of Judy Wight Branson]
(Recorded by: K. Ned Beasley of Rural Hall, North Carolina, 2nd cousin three times removed & Mark Beasley of Edgewood, New Mexico, grandson).
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Austin Beasley
1878–1938
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Amos Parker Beasley
1880–1895
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Sarah Evalyn "Eva" Beasley Fields
1882–1951
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Albert Houston Beasley
1884–1954
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Emily Elizabeth Beasley
1886–1894
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Nancy Eleanor Beasley Peterson Williams
1890–1977
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Joyce Vedora Beasley Markham
1892–1967
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William Foster Beasley
1894–1963
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Iva Virginia Beasley Clay
1896–1995
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Robert Edward Lee Beasley
1899–1963
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George Russell Beasley II
1905–1905
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