Four Oaks: Mrs. Eloise Lee Rhodes Beasley, age 81, of 299 Stone Creek Road died Wednesday, November 9, 2011, at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. A Graveside Service will be 11:00AM Saturday, November 12, 2011, at Blackman’s Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Four Oaks. Officiating will be Rev. Jerry Hicks and Chaplain Jamyetta Bell.
Mrs. Beasley was born October 16, 1930 in Johnston County to the late James William and Bertha Hayes Rhodes. She was also preceded in death by Sons, Eldred Beasley, Jr. and Charles Ray Beasley; Sisters, Ruby Inez Lee, Bertha Rhodes Lee, and Hettie Ruth Stanley; and Brothers, Luby Rhodes, Burchell Rhodes, Jimmy Rhodes, and James Felton Rhodes. Mrs. Beasley was a homemaker, a farmer, and a member of Blackman’s Grove Baptist Church.
Surviving include her Husband, Eldred Beasley; Daughters & Sons-In-Law, Shirley B. & Bobby Massengill and Cathy B. & Neville Blanton, all of Four Oaks; and Grandchildren, Robbie Lynn Massengill, Laura Marie Blanton, and Matthew Wayne Blanton, all of Four Oaks.
Family will receive friends from 6:00PM to 8:00PM Friday, November 11, 2011, at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson, and other times at the home of Neville & Cathy Blanton, 1992 Hannah Creek Road, Four Oaks, NC.
Flowers are welcomed; however memorials may be made to The Brain Aneurysm Foundation, www.bafound.org, 269 Hanover Street, Building 3, Hanover, MA 02339.