Mary Brackett Beam
LAWNDALE — Mrs. Mary Brackett Beam,
93, of 403 Warlick Road, died Friday, Feb. 27, 2004, at Cleveland Regional
Medical Center in Shelby.
She was born in Cleveland County on Jan. 5, 1911, and was retired from Burns
High School Food Services. She was a member of New Bethel Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Julius Washington Brackett and Laura
Maude Thompson Brackett; her husband, Boyd Cline Beam; a son, Dwight Beam; five
brothers and three sisters.
She is survived by a son, Jim Beam of Lawndale; a daughter, Janice Conner of
Charlotte; two sisters, Alice Harmon of Spindale and Jewel English of
Mechanicsville, Va.; five grandchildren, Kathy Mosteller of Belwood, Melinda
Lattimore of Lawndale, Jeannie Reynolds of Belwood, Kenny Conner of Indian Trail
and the Rev. Dennis Conner of Charlotte; 10 great-grandchildren and two
great-great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be today at 3 p.m. at Stamey Funeral Home Chapel in Fallston,
with the Revs. Ronell Owensby and Dennis J. Conner officiating. Burial will be
at Rose Hill Memorial Park.
Visitation will be at Stamey Funeral Home Sunday before the funeral, from 1:30
to 2:45 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, Suite 211, 500 E. Morehead
St., Charlotte, NC 28202.
