BEE SPRINGS CEMETERY (N.E.
of Elkton), GILES
COUNTY, TENNESSEE
EAVES, Velma Modena Thornton Beddingfield Eaves, 1909 - 1998
Velma Modena Thornton Beddingfield Eaves was married 2x. Her 1st husband was
Tommy Beddingfield (see GCT 1943 obit ) who is also buried in Bee Spring
cemetery - see
1st Husband: Tommie D. Beddingfield, 1910 - 1943. [interred near her in the same
type granite memorial as hers.]
2nd husband: Ca 1962 Velma Modena married a widower, Ollie Albert Eaves, Sr.,
1903 - 1981. [interred in the Bottom Cemetery, Hwy 251, in Limestone Co
Alabama, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27022589.]
To help confirm my (Ruth Hasten Walsh) research regarding their son Tommy:
Athens (AL) Limestone Democrat, Tuesday, July 21, 1964, p. 3
Tommy D. Beddingfield, boilerman third class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie
Eaves of Athens rt. 1, was promoted to his present rate aboard the navy
anti-submarine aircraft carrier USS Essex, operating out of Quonset Point, R.I.,
recently. His promotion was based on his demonstrated ability to perform the
duties of his rate and successfully passing the Navy-wide competitive
examination.
Athens (AL) News Courier, October 27, 1998, p. 2A
Funeral for Velma Modena Eaves, 88, of Athens Convalescent Center, will be today
at 2 p.m. at Taylor-Ardmore Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Dean Beddingfield,
officiating. Burial will follow in Bee Springs Cemetery in Bryson, Tenn.
Mrs. Eaves died Sunday, Oct. 25, at Athens-Limestone Hospital. She was active in
RSVP, Council on Aging and Senior Citizens.
She was preceded in death by her son, John Beddingfield. She is survived by
three sons, David Beddingfield, Jasper, Mich., Robert Dean Beddingfield, South
Lyon, Mich.,
Tommy Beddingfield,
Providence, R.I.; one daughter, Ruth McBay, Athens; 14 grandchildren; 19
great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Dale Beddingfield, Barry McBay, Scott Sandy, Johnny
Thornton, Stanley Thornton, Tim Powers.
From:
Ruth Hasten Walsh delins1@verizon.net To:
WayneAL1@aol.com (C. Wayne Austin) Sent: 8/19/2015. Subject: a Bee Springs
Obituary.