A. Russell Beazley Jr.

BEAZLEY, A. Russell Jr., 90, of Richmond, died Wednesday, August 26, 2009. He was born in Richmond, Va., the son of Andrew Russell Beazley and Louise Gibson Beazley. From the age of 12, he was reared in the Masonic Home of Virginia. He was a WWII veteran, a graduate of The University of Virginia School of Law, and a past master of the Babcock Lodge #322 AF & AM. He was a member of the Scottish Rite and Acca Temple, where he played in the "Million Dollar Band." He was a member of American Legion Post 84 and the Breakfast Club. He practiced law in Richmond for 55 years, serving as a Circuit Court Judge in Richmond and Goochland County. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Andreena Frey Beazley; sister, Anne Nauman; and brother, Gibson Beazley. Mr. Beazley is survived by his wife, Marion S. Beazley; daughter, Janet Beazley Fosque and her husband, Fletcher; daughter, Susan Beazley Hudson; son, Andrew Russell Beazley III; grandchildren, Laura, Margaret, Benjamin and Andrew; sister, Emma Yates; stepchildren, Henry W. Geisz Jr. and wife, Brenda, Deborah Geisz Shelton and husband, Bill, and their families. The family will receive friends on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Mechanicsville Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 8014 Lee-Davis Road, where a funeral service will be conducted Saturday at 10 a.m. followed by a Masonic Memorial Service. Interment will follow in Forest lawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Shriners Children's Hospital or The American Cancer Society.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.