He was born in Itawamba County, MS, and came to Texas along with the rest of his family around 1884. He became a Primitive Baptist preacher and had his own church. For much of his life, he also farmed on the side.
By the time he died, he was the cornerstone of a very large family. He had eleven children and seven step-children still living, and too many grandchildren and great-grandchildren to count. (His daughter, Mary Inez Beene, died young, as did his stepchildren Nema and Herman Foster. Another stepson, Sam Bennie Ray, was killed in a tornado in Palestine, TX on Jan. 4, 1946.)
He was born in Itawamba County, MS, and came to Texas along with the rest of his family around 1884. He became a Primitive Baptist preacher and had his own church. For much of his life, he also farmed on the side.
By the time he died, he was the cornerstone of a very large family. He had eleven children and seven step-children still living, and too many grandchildren and great-grandchildren to count. (His daughter, Mary Inez Beene, died young, as did his stepchildren Nema and Herman Foster. Another stepson, Sam Bennie Ray, was killed in a tornado in Palestine, TX on Jan. 4, 1946.)
Family Members
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Alta Beene
1892–1892
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Reuben Raymond Beene
1894–1984
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Dixon Franklin "Dick" Beene
1896–1977
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William Russell "Bill" Beene
1898–1977
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Mary Inez Beene
1902–1904
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James Lafayette Beene Sr
1904–1978
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Ida Mae Beene Anderson
1909–1989
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Addie Arizona Beene Baty
1912–1994
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Nina Lorene Beene Rickard
1915–1997
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Aaron Obediah Beene
1917–1999
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Walter Neel Beene
1926–2021
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Bobbie Louise Beene Pease
1928–2013
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