Grace Smith Beasley

Fountain.........................Edna Grace Smith Beasley, age 100, passed away peacefully on June 15, 2019. Grace was born July 25, 1918 in Pitt County near Fountain where she attended Fountain Grammar School and High School. She also attended Women's College of UNC and East Carolina Teacher's College. Grace was a lifelong member of Fountain Baptist Church where she served with energy and love as a Sunday School Teacher, Women's Missionary Union Member and Girls' Auxiliary Leader. She was also a member of the Fountain Women's Club. Grace and her husband, the late Edward Bruce Beasley, Jr., were parents of two children, Edward Bruce Beasley III and wife, Dianne, of Raleigh and Edna Louise Beasley Corn and husband, David, of Rocky Mount. They also had three grandchildren, David Clinton Corn, Jr., Bruce Beasley Corn and wife, Tara, and Louise Beasley Warenda and husband, Joe; step-grandson, Jamey Alan Parrish and wife, Jenny; four great-granddaughters, Marjorie Grace Corn, Beasley Louise Warenda, Mary Bruce Ellis Warenda, Emily Grace Warenda; step-great-grandsons, Jamey Alan Parrish, Jr. and Jefferson Alexander Parrish, all of Raleigh. Grace was also preceded in death by her parents, Maude Emily Tyson Smith and Walter Edward Smith, her two brothers, Walter Edward Smith, Jr. and Henry Tyson Smith, her four sisters, Carrie Smith Clary, Mattie Smith Gaynor, Emily Smith Beasley and Marjorie Smith Fields. A Celebration of Grace's Life will be held on Thursday, June 20, 2019, at 11:30 A.M. at the Fountain Baptist Church, 6662 East Wilson Street, Fountain, with Reverend Elizabeth Edwards and Dr. John Allen officiating. Visitation and a reception will follow in the church fellowship hall. The family suggests memorials to the Fountain Baptist Church, P.O. Box 276, Fountain, NC 27829. Online condolences may be made at www.farmvillefh.com. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Grace Smith Beasley please visit our Sympathy Store.

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