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Benny Ray Bean

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Benny Ray Bean

Birth
Shannon, Lee County, Mississippi, USA
Death
28 Sep 2009 (aged 62)
Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Benny R. Bean
OPELIKA, Ala. – Benny Ray Bean, 62, died Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, at Bethany House in Auburn, Ala., after a brief illness. He was born on April 29, 1947, in Shannon to the late Henry Lee Bean Sr. and Dorothy May Bean. He grew up in Okolona, graduating from Okolona High School in 1965. He received an associate degree from Itawamba Junior College. He was a wastewater technician most of his working life, retiring from the Alabama Rural Water Association. He had lived in Tupelo several years and had resided In Opelika, Ala., the last six years. He was a Baptist. He loved to be outdoors and enjoyed hunting and fishing, growing plants and coin collecting. His greatest gifts were his granddaughters, Taylor and Marli, whom he dearly loved and who were a blessing in his life.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2 at the Okolona Chapel of Holland Funeral Directors with Bro. Paul Whaley officiating. Burial will follow in Boone's Chapel Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Jane Summers Bean of Opelika, Ala.; two sons, Scott Bean and wife, Lori, of Harvest, Ala., and Jason Bean of Gulf Shores, Ala.; his grandchildren, Taylor and Marli Bean; his brothers, Henry L. Bean (Linda) of Sharpsburg, Ga., Donald W. Bean (Marcie) of Lagrange, Ga., and Robert D. Bean of Fort Wayne, Ind.; his sisters-in-law, Elizabeth Beasley (J.W.) and Brenda Summers, all of Fulton; his nieces and nephews, Barbara Morykwas (Michael), Chris Bean (Danielle), Shaun Bean and Rhonda Esp (Art).

Pallbearers will be J.W. Beasley, Shaun Bean, Danny Vandiver, Paul Vandiver, Chris Bean and Jimmy Lowery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Okolona Chapel. Condolences may be e-mailed to [email protected].

Benny R. Bean
OPELIKA, Ala. – Benny Ray Bean, 62, died Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, at Bethany House in Auburn, Ala., after a brief illness. He was born on April 29, 1947, in Shannon to the late Henry Lee Bean Sr. and Dorothy May Bean. He grew up in Okolona, graduating from Okolona High School in 1965. He received an associate degree from Itawamba Junior College. He was a wastewater technician most of his working life, retiring from the Alabama Rural Water Association. He had lived in Tupelo several years and had resided In Opelika, Ala., the last six years. He was a Baptist. He loved to be outdoors and enjoyed hunting and fishing, growing plants and coin collecting. His greatest gifts were his granddaughters, Taylor and Marli, whom he dearly loved and who were a blessing in his life.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2 at the Okolona Chapel of Holland Funeral Directors with Bro. Paul Whaley officiating. Burial will follow in Boone's Chapel Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Jane Summers Bean of Opelika, Ala.; two sons, Scott Bean and wife, Lori, of Harvest, Ala., and Jason Bean of Gulf Shores, Ala.; his grandchildren, Taylor and Marli Bean; his brothers, Henry L. Bean (Linda) of Sharpsburg, Ga., Donald W. Bean (Marcie) of Lagrange, Ga., and Robert D. Bean of Fort Wayne, Ind.; his sisters-in-law, Elizabeth Beasley (J.W.) and Brenda Summers, all of Fulton; his nieces and nephews, Barbara Morykwas (Michael), Chris Bean (Danielle), Shaun Bean and Rhonda Esp (Art).

Pallbearers will be J.W. Beasley, Shaun Bean, Danny Vandiver, Paul Vandiver, Chris Bean and Jimmy Lowery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Okolona Chapel. Condolences may be e-mailed to [email protected].



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