BEATLEY, Freddie "Buck" Lee Jr., 83, of Heathsville, Virginia, passed away on Monday, February 4, 2013. He retired from George Noblett, Kilmarnock, Va., and served in the U.S. Army. Mr. Beatley was a member of the Kilmarnock Masonic Lodge #88 A.F. & A.M., A.C.C.A. Shrine, and King Charter #5, Order of the Eastern Star. Buck was also a member of Fairfields United Methodist Church, Burgess, Va. He was preceded in death by his wife, Maxine J. Beatley. He is survived by his daughter, Nancy Greenwood and her husband, John, of Urbanna, Va.; three sons, Freddie Lee Beatley and his wife, Joanie, of Mathews, Va., Thomas Beatley and his wife, Tami, of Lancaster, Va., and Kenneth Beatley and his wife, Terry, of Lancaster, Va.; nine grandchildren, Chris Beatley and his wife, Elizabeth, Adam, Haley, Everette, Jewell, McAyla and Kirsten Beatley, Crystle Williams and her husband, Nathan, and Nicholas Greenwood; four great-grandchildren, Austin Howell, Nicolas Williams, Owen Williams and Layla Williams; a large extended family, including special friends and neighbors. The family will receive friends at Faulkner Family Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., Burgess, Va., on Thursday February 7, 2013 from 6 to 8 p.m. A funeral service will be held on Friday, February 8, 2013 at 11 a.m. at Fairfields United Methodist Church, Burgess, Va. Burial will follow at Wicomico United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wicomico Church, Va. Memorial contributions may be made to Fairfields United Methodist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 579, Burgess, Va. 22432, or to the Hospice of Virginia, P.O. Box 2098, Tappahannock, Va. Online remembrances may be made at faulknerfamilyfuneralhome.com.
Published in Richmond Times-Dispatch on February 6, 2013