Kathleen Peele

LUCAMA - Kathleen Letchworth Beamon Peele passed away on March 3, 2015 at Parkwood Village in Wilson, after a long illness. She had been a resident of Parkwood Village since 2007.

The visitation will be Saturday, March 7, 2015, at Wilson Memorial Service, from 12 - 1:45 pm. The funeral service will follow at 2:00 pm. Interment will be in Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson.

Born on August 16, 1931, Kathleen was the sixth child of Ella Clyde and James Franklin Letchworth of Snow Hill. During her childhood, Kathleen was a member of Free Union FWB Church in Walstonburg.

Kathleen married George Beamon in Walstonburg, on July 15, 1950. They had two children, and lived in Wilson before moving to Lucama in 1960. The family were all members of Little Rock FWB Church, where Kathleen sang in the choir and later acted as Choir Director at Little Rock for 17 years.

Over the years, Kathleen worked for Carolina Telephone, Jewel Box, and First Union Bank. She retired from First Union Bank in the late 1980s after many years of loyal service.

Kathleen's loving husband, George Beamon, passed suddenly in 1989.

She would later marry Eunice Peele of Bailey. He passed in 2007.

Kathleen was preceded in death by her parents as well as her brothers, Herbert, Charlie, Ray, Kirby, Norman and Bennett Letchworth and sister, Joyce Letchworth Saunders.

Left to cherish her memory are her son, Frank Beamon (Thelma) of Greensboro and daughter, Susan Beamon Hinnant of Lucama; grandchildren, Matt Vesce of Greenville, SC, Scott Hinnant (Margaret) of Elm City, Emily Beamon of Syracuse, NY, Spencer Hinnant (fianceé, Jordan Jackson) of Wilson and Brad Beamon of Nashville, TN; great-grandchildren, Bailey and Kelsey Hinnant and David and Nate Vesce; sister, Lois Letchworth Harrell of Snow Hill and many wonderful nieces and nephews.

"Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is absolute and unbroken continuity... .Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just round the corner. All is well." - Henry Scott Holland

In lieu of flowers, you make a donation to your favorite charity or Little Rock Free Will Baptist Church, PO Box 340, Lucama, NC 27851-0340 or to the Alzheimer's Association, 1305 Navaho Dr., Ste 101, Raleigh, NC 27609-7448.