The Life of Llewelyn Bean
Services for Llewellyn Beadle Bean , Mrs. James Bean, will be held at First United Methodist Church Saturday, April 22, at 4:00 p.m., The Rev. Fred Frasier of FUMC, the Rev. Dr. Spiller Milton, retired minister, and the Rev. Ed Boyd, pastor of Asbury UMC will preside.
She died Thursday, April 20th at her home surrounded by the family who loved her after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's Disease.Llewellyn was born in Lafayette to R. Wallace Beadle and Egla Lia Duplantis Beadle.The Beadles settled in this area as major land owners in 1815, after coming to America from Bedfordshire, England in 1608. Her father owned Beadle's Feed and Seed Store located across from the Court House which, in its existence, was the oldest operating commercial building in Lafayette Parish.
Her parents believed strongly in education and sold their farm in Pilette to move within walking distance of the newly opened SLI where her father was registered in the first class, and where all nine of the children graduated.
Llewellyn earned a degree in Home Economics which helped prepare her for a life as a wonderful wife and mother who cooked and sewed for her family, and who was known for her beautiful dinner parties, high teas, family reunions, warm home, and her impeccable etiquette.When her daughters were in school, she was always active serving as room mother, President of the Hamilton Training School PTA, a Girl Scout Leader, and hosting many class parties.
The family deeply appreciates those care-givers who showered her with love and attention far beyond expectations: Clara Mouton, Lillian Logue, Jean Boudreaux, Betty Hebert, Gay Cobb, Kim Keys, Lora Paradine , and Ellen Sebastian. We are also grateful to the care and kind consideration given by the Southern Care Hospice workers.She was a member of the Lafayette Bar Auxiliary , served as president of the Idonian Club, and volunteered as a Pink Lady at Lafayette General.
In 1982, she was honored to be one of Lafayette's Best Dressed.She enjoyed painting, gardening, reading, traveling, and music.In her life, her family came second only to her God. She was an active life-long member of First United Methodist Church which the Beadles helped build.
Her Methodist heritage ran deep from the Beadle and the Duplantis families. The Duplantis family was instrumental in bringing Methodism to Iberia parish by housing circuit riders for years and opening their home to church services.Llewellyn was a Sunday School Teacher, Bible School Teacher, President of Elizabeth Circle (her dear friends), Chair -person of the Parsonage Committee, held offices in United Methodist Women, was UMW Cookbook co-chair, and was a member of many committees and boards. She studied her Bible and knelt every night to pray. In her last days, she was still praying and singing her favorite hymns with her family, living her faith as she always did.
Her strength in God was unwavering and her unconditional love was a blessing to her family and friends. As a wife , mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, she was generous, self-sacrificing, protecting, and loving. She was affectionately known as "Mamie" to not only her family but to those who were close to her.Along with her family, she was part owner of the Holiday Inns in Lafayette.
The family deeply appreciates those care-givers who showered her with love and attention far beyond expectations: Clara Mouton, Lillian Logue, Jean Boudreaux, Betty Hebert, Gay Cobb, Kim Keys, Lora Paradine , and Ellen Sebastian. We are also grateful to the care and kind consideration given by the Southern Care Hospice workers.
Survivors include her two daughters: Carolyn Bean Guilbeaux and Nancy Bean Sutton; their husbands, Jimmy Guilbeaux and Ray Sutton, jr.; her much loved grandchildren: Heather Sutton Forest and her husband Kelly Forest, James (Jay) Bean Guilbeaux, Raymond (Trey) Sutton, III, Julie Sutton, and William (Billy) Bean Sutton. She adored her one great-grandson: Gabriel Paul Richard, all of Lafayette.
She is also survived by a brother, Burton Beadle, a sister, Mary Kathryn Fournet, and a god-child, Kathy Fournet Monteleone, all of Baton Rouge.She was preceded in death by her dearly beloved husband of 55 years, James Wesley Bean, her parents, a sister, Annie Lee Henderson, and five brothers: Merritt Beadle,The Rev. Lt. Col. Wynan Beadle, Rev. Marvin Beadle, Paul Milburn Beadle, and Wilbur Beadle.
Visitation will be at Martin and Castille Funeral Home from 2:00 pm until 7:00 p.m. Friday, April 21st, and from 3:00 p.m. until service time at First United Methodist Church on Saturday, April 22.Pall bearers are Jay Guilbeaux, Trey and Billy Sutton, Kelly Forest, David Beadle,Bill Brent, Steven and Michael Barney. Honorary pall bearers are , Rev. Brian Beadle, missionary in Africa, Capt. Mark Fournet, Dr. Darrell Henderson, and all of her nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to First United Methodist Church , 703 Lee Avenue, Lafayette, La. 70501, for the Llewellyn Bean memorial fund.Music selections are: "Surely the Presence of the Lord is in This Place," "Beyond the Sunset," "Because He Lives," " He Touched Me,""There's Just Something About That Name," "Precious Lord, Take My Hand," "The Prayer." Lee Cooke, Scott Greer, and Scott Sutton are soloists.Martin & Castille Funeral Home, Inc. of Lafayette has been chosen to help with the arrangements.337-234-2311.
