October 5, 1999   (no death date - Oct 1999)

Fred Beasley
CUMBY  Funeral services for Fred L. Beasley, 81, of Cumby are at 3 p.m. today in the Cumby United 
Methodist Church with Rev. William Harmon and Rev. Jacqueline Harmon officiating. Burial is in Cumby 
Cemetery.

Mr. Beasley died Sunday morning at Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville. He was born April 26, 1918 
in Cumby to Henry Lee and Ibrah Easley Beasley.  On Feb. 18, 1950 he married Dorothy Lee Rayburn in 
Greenville.  Mr. Beasley was a retired electrician with ESCO Corporation.  He served in the U.S. 
Army during World War. He was a Methodist and a member of the VFW.

Surviving are his wife; four daughters, Brenda Walls of Cumby, Betty Agee of Greenville, Linda 
Collins of Greenville and Pamela Fouse of Sulphur Springs; four brothers, James Beasley of Campbell,
Morris Beasley of Greenville, Bill Beasley of Emory and Duane Beasley of Flint; two sisters, Katherine 
Formby of Cumby and Ozell Ensley of Cumby and five grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by one sister.
Pallbearers are Eddie Rayburn, Jack Bornheim, David Hayworth, Ronnie Smith, Steven Smith, Mark Ensley 
and Danny Beasley.  Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association.  Cumby Funeral Home is 
in charge of arrangements.