More detail on this person: Posted on Tue, Oct.
05, 2004
Lt. Col. James Beam
COLUMBIA - Funeral service for Lt. Colonel James
D. Beam, U.S. Army (Ret.), 74, will be held at 11
o'clock Wednesday, October 6, 2004 in Shives
Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel. Interment will
follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park with full
military honors. The family will receive friends
Tuesday evening from 5:30 until 7:00 o'clock at
the funeral home.
Lt. Colonel Beam died Saturday, October 2, 2004.
Born in Cherryville, NC, he was a son of David
Marcus and Ada Sperling Beam. He was a graduate
of Clemson University. He entered the U.S. Army in
1953 where he was a fixed wing and helicopter
pilot serving in the Korean and Vietnam Conflicts.
Lt. Colonel Beam was also Commander of the 7th
Battalion and Executive Officer of the 2nd Brigade
at Fort Jackson, SC. Following his retirement from
the military in 1977, he was employed with the SC
Department of Corrections. In 1997 he retired as
Warden of Goodman Correctional Institution.
Survivors include his wife; Marilyn Miller Beam of
Columbia; a daughter; Beverly B. Flynn, of
Columbia, sons and daughters-in-law; Steve and
Dawn Beam of Cary, NC and Michael and Alicia
Beam of Columbia, grandchildren; Casey Beam,
Brian Flynn, Michelle, Jordan, Lauren, Leslie, and
Taylor Beam. Also surviving are a brother, Charles
Beam of Columbia and sisters; Madge Whitworth of
Waco, NC and Margaret Allen of Denver, NC. Lt.
Colonel Beam was preceded in death by his
brothers; Talmage Beam and David Beam and his
sisters, Pearl Allen, Geneve Hord, and Marie
Williams.
Shives Funeral Home
(803) 754-6290
Obituary posted: October 5, 2004
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