Loretta Watson Beaube

Loretta Watson Beaube went to be with her Lord on her 83rd birthday, September 7th, 2020. Visitation will be Thursday, noon to 1:00PM with funeral services to follow at Collier Butler Funeral Home. Tommy Beaube, nephew, will preside.

At a very young age she met Harry, her husband of 55 years. They, along with Harry’s twin Robert, were in the Emma Sansom graduating class of 1956. She had a distinguished career in Banking. She began as a message runner between floors of a national bank in Tulsa, Oklahoma and ended her career as a Vice President/Branch Manager of Regions Bank Glencoe. Her most cherished possessions were her girls, their husbands, her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her family takes comfort in the fact that she was met by her Lord and Savior and was finally reunited with Daddy.

Mother was preceded in death by her loving husband, Harry Beaube; mother Lola Sitz Smith; grandson Jason Phipps; sisters Eloise McClung, Sue Anderson, Hughlene Frix and parents-in-law Rev. A. V. Beaube and Laura Beaube.

She is survived by her three daughters; Theresa Beaube Phipps (Mike), Pam Beaube Burgess (David) and Tracy Beaube Cross (Johnny). She is also survived by four grandchildren; Jeremy Phipps (Natalie Howle), Beau Burgess, Christina Phipps Krentel (T.J.) amd John Todd Cross, III. She adored her three great-grandchildren; William Burgess, Olivia Krentel and James Krentel. She has one surviving sister, who she loved dearly, Diane Butler (Otis) of Grant, Al; brothers-in-law Robert Beaube and Edwin Frix of Tullahoma, TN; and sisters-in-laws Shirley Beaube of Birmingham, Jo Beaube of Mentone and Bobbie Drake of Ohio; numerous nieces and nephews.

The family requests no flowers but memorials may be made to the Animal Shelter of Etowah County or the Humane Society Pet Rescue and Adoption Center of Gadsden.

The family would like to thank the healthcare workers of Coosa Valley Healthcare and Amedisys Hospice for their support over the past year.