| Obit For | Laurance T. Beeson |
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| Text | On July 15, 2008, Laurance’s breath of life returned to God who gave it. So Shall his body be returned to the earth from whence it came, there to wait the resurrection, as God has promised that who so ever would believe in him would not perish, but have everlasting life. In the resurrection morning we shall chant with the prophets of old. Oh Death, where is thy sting? Oh Grave, where is thy victory?
Laurance loved to watch the birds. In 1962, he organized a Bluebird Trail down Y highway for the Black Oak 4-H Club. When the club disbanded, he continued to maintain the trail and it soon became a family activity. Today the family trail covers miles of country and consists of 155 bluebird boxes. Laurance Beeson was born June 25, 1924, in Barry County, Missouri, the son of Everett and Edna (Noble) Beeson. He grew up in the Oak Ridge community with his parents, two brothers and three sisters. He attended grade school at Oak Ridge then graduated from Cassville with the Class of 1944. In July, 1944, he was called to serve and defend his country and did so with honor and gratitude in the United States Army. He left the United States in December, 1944 for the battlefields of France and Germany. He was wounded in battle March, 1945 and received a Purple Heart for his actions. Laurance returned to the states in June, 1945 and was honorable discharged September 29, 1945. Following his discharge, he attended SMS and received his teaching certificate. He taught at Hailey School for a year. On July 4, 1945, he was united in marriage and seven years later they moved to a farm north of Cassville where they operated a dairy farm and raised their five sons. Laurance also drove a school bus for twenty years for the Cassville School District. After retiring from the dairy farm, he owned and operated a small motor repair shop at his home until 2006 when ill health forced him to retire. He was a life-long Christian. Laurance is survived by his wife of sixty-three years, his five sons and four daughters-in-law; fourteen grandchildren, six step-grandchildren, nineteen great grandchildren and thirteen step-great grandchildren; two brothers; three sisters; multiple nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and one grandson, Lynn Beeson. Laurance will be laid to rest in Ennis Cemetery with military honors beside his beloved grandson, Lynn. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, July 19, 2008, in Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Burial with military honors will be in Ennis Cemetery, Cassville. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M., Friday in Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Laurance T. Beeson June 25, 1924 July 15, 2008 |
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| Resource | Fohn Funeral Home |
| Submitted by | Diana Cope |
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