Edna M. Beal

Visitation will be 4:00 to 6:00 pm Monday August 3rd at Resthaven Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm on Tuesday August 4th at Southside Church of Christ with Jim Brewer of South Plains Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven. Arrangements are being done by Resthaven Funeral Home.

Edna was born in Battle Creek, Michigan on April 4th,1928 to William Veech Clandening and Helen Matilda Easlick. She attended school in Michigan until she was approximately 16 years old. She was married to Cecil Ray Bates for 5 years. She then married Clifford Duane Beal on September 28, 1952.

Edna worked for Zellerbach Paper Company in California for several years. She loved birds,and could tell you the names of almost all flowers. She also enjoyed quilting, sewing, tole painting, and flower arranging. Edna and Clifford were active members of the Churches of Christ no matter where they lived.

Edna is preceded in death by her mother and father, brother, and husband Clifford. Edna is survived by daughter Donna (Bates) Brooks and her husband James Brooks, son Richard Bates and wife Sharon (Stock) Bates, grandchildren Charlene (Brooks) Winters and husband Stephen Winters, Toby Brooks and wife Regina (Swaffar) Brooks, Stacy (Bates) Rugg and husband Jeff Rugg, and Angela Bates. Also great grandchildren Josh Winters and wife Rachel (Bryson) Winters, Kassidy Winters, Jace Winters, Stormie Brooks, Cutter Brooks, Tristen Rugg and Shala Rugg, and her three great great grandchildren Jayden, Evie, and Noah Winters.

Pallbearers will be Richard Bates, James Brooks, Stephen Winters, Josh Winters, Jace Winters, and Payden Piaskowski.

Memorials can be made to the Church of Christ Children's Home in Portales, New Mexico. The family wishes to extend our sincere thanks to all Health Care Providers, friends, and church members for their support throughout the years.