Rev. Stan A. Beatty of Kansas City, Missouri died of Multiple Myeloma on January 15, 2021. He was born December 10, 1946 in Lewistown, Pennsylvania to the union of the late Renard R. Beatty Sr. and Jeanne Moad Beatty.
His survivors include wife Linda Shaw Beatty of Kansas City, children: Micah James Beatty, Emporia, Kansas, Hannah Elizabeth Beatty, Grandview, Missouri, Megan Gabriel Smith, Kansas City, Missouri, Lauren Gabriel Casa, Independence, Missouri. Survivors also include five grandchildren and three siblings, Stephen Beatty, Lake St. Louis, Missouri, Lori Beatty Williams, Lewistown, Pennsylvania, and Renard Franklin Beatty Jr., Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Rev. Beatty was a graduate of Chief Logan High School, class of 1964, Evangel University, class of 1968, Asbury Theological Seminary, class of 1976.
Early in Rev. Beatty's life he was a social worker in the inner city of Chicago, he was a public school teacher in Crawford County, Missouri. He served his country in Vietnam as an Army medic during the Vietnam War.
Ordained as an elder in the United Methodist Church he served churches in Kentucky, Missouri, and Florida for thirty-eight years. Preaching of the Good News "burned in his belly" for many years.
He was a member of Veterans For Peace and attended Jacob's Well Church, in Kansas City, where he served as an elder. He was a bibliophile who enjoyed reading history, memoirs, theology and books on spiritual practices. Travel and travel photography were a major interest.
A service of death and resurrection will be held on Friday, January 29 10:30 am at Jacob's Well Church for immediate family only but friends are encouraged to support the family by virtually attend services by copying the following link and pasting into your browser: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xn27WbTpn-U&feature=youtu.be
Interment will be at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville, Missouri.
