Mrs. Betty J. Beeman

July 30, 1935 - June 13, 2020

Mrs. Betty J. Beeman, age 84, of Shelbyville, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2020, at her son’s home, under the loving care and comfort of her family and Hospice Compassus. Funeral services will be 11 AM Monday, June 15, 2020, at Fellowship for Christ Church. Reverend Ray Armstrong will officiate, with burial to follow in LaFayette Cemetery in LaFayette, Georgia. The family will receive visitors 9 AM until service time Monday at the church. She was born July 30, 1935, in Old Hickory, Tennessee, to the late Paul D. and Katherine Bell Coffey. She was a retired apartment manager, and faithful member of Fellowship for Christ Church, where she was the pianist for many years. She taught Sunday School, was a member of Community Bible Study, and taught in Missionettes and AWANA. Her unwavering faith and love for Jesus will long be remembered by her friends and family. She often said, “May all who come behind me find me faithful,” and she was faithful. This is her legacy to us all. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her previous husband, Frank Clark, a son, Donald Compton, and a grandson, John Anthony Compton. Survivors include her husband, Jack Beeman, of Shelbyville; a daughter, Alice Clark, of Shelbyville; sons, Charles Compton, and his wife Virdene, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, David Compton, and his wife Kathy, and Tim Compton, and his wife Annette, all of Unionville, and James Phillip Clark, of Clearwater, Florida; a brother, Paul Coffey, of Dalton, Gerogia; a sister, Mary Scott, of Murfreesboro; grandchildren, Deanna Shell, Tracy Morton, Alicia Compton, Paul Compton, Jenny DeTienne, Ariel Compton, Rachel Bolin, Adam Clark, Sarah Fraser, Jessi Fraser, and Benjamin Fraser; ten great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family.