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Mrs. Juanita Mary Anderson Beam
 Mrs. Juanita Mary Anderson Beam, 91, of 5132 Seven Pines Road
passed away Thursday, February 23, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.

Born in Erwin, South Dakota, she was a daughter of the late Albin Anderson
and Mary Jones Anderson.  Mrs. Beam grew up during the Great Depression.  In
1938 she came to North Carolina where she attended Lenoir-Rhyne College.
Here she met and fell in love with her late husband, Charles Hobart Beam,
Sr.  Mrs. Beam was a very  active member of Polkville Baptist Church, a
member of Casar Women's Club and Eastern Star Camp Call Chapter#287.  She
helped manage the family dairy farm and taught at Moriah School until her
husband's death in 1968 after which she worked in the admitting office at
Cleveland Memorial Hospital until retirement.  Know as Grandma Pi, she was a
gifted pianist and a wonderful cook.

In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs. Beam was preceded in death by
her son, Charles Hobart "Poozle" Beam, Jr. and brother, Durant Alvin
Anderson.

She is survived by her daughter, Mary Bentha Beam Wilson and husband Dr.
Reid Wilson of Chapel Hill; daughter-in-law, Jackie D. Beam of Delight;
sisters, Judith A. Haufe and husband Paul of Sioux Falls, SD and Audrey A.
VanBemmel of Estelline, SD; grandchildren, Luke Beam and wife Kathy of
Delight, Josh Beam of Delight, Ginger Gialanella and husband Michael of Wake
Forest, Camille Bell and husband Jai of Lexington, SC, Mary Kathleen
Chamberlain and husband Jason of Vale, Oregon and Gay Cashwell Beam of
Lincolnton and nine great grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 pm Saturday at Stamey
Funeral Home in Fallston.  A guest register is available at
www.stameyfuneralhome.com.

The funeral service will be 4:00 pm Sunday at Polkville Baptist Church with
Rev. Rick Hamrick officiating.  Burial will follow at Lattimore Family
Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials to Polkville Baptist
Church, PO Box 245, Polkville, NC 28136.

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