Friday, March 18, 2011

JOHN HENRY BEAHM

JOHN HENRY BEAHM
Photo: John Henry Beahm - November 2010

John Henry Beahm, 85, of Madison, died on Friday, January 7, 2011, at his residence.


He was born September 24, 1925, in Madison, Virginia; the son of the late John William Beahm and Rosa Lee Corbin Beahm.


Mr. Beahm was a retired manager of the Orange Madison Coop and a United States Army veteran.


He is survived by his wife, Gladys Ford Beahm of Madison; one son, Troy Talbot Beahm and his wife, Kim, of Orange; four brothers, Milton Beahm of Maryland, Charles Beahm and his wife, Ethel, of Madison, Claude Beahm and his wife, Margaret, of Madison, and Thomas Beahm and his wife, Ester of Brightwood; five sisters, Margaret Donald of Fredericksburg, Mary Spencer and her husband, Jack, of Pennsylvania, Sarah Jane Thomas and her husband, Bernie, of Madison, Mable Clore and her husband, Raymond, of Brightwood, and Gladys Nicholson and her husband, Bill, of Brightwood; one granddaughter, Amanda Michelle Beahm of Culpeper.


A funeral service will be held 12 p.m. Monday, January 10, 2011, at Preddy Funeral Home Chapel in Madison, conducted by Pastor Josh Shifflett. The interment will be at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery in Oak Park.


The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service on Monday, January 10, 2010, from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m., at the funeral home.


A special thanks to all the Caregivers, but especially Bonnie, Jackie and Jessica Nicholson and a longtime friend, Wendy Weakley.


In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Hospice of the Rapidan, P.O. Box 1715, Culpeper, VA 22701 or the Madison County Rescue Squad, P. O. Box 868, Madison, VA 22727.