Charles L. "Charley" Beall

BEALL, Charles "Charley" L., 70, of Richmond, Va., passed away on April 10, 2010, after a courageous fight with pancreatic cancer. He was preceded in death by his parents, Cecil H. and Icie M. Beall; sister, Sharon A. Beall; and his youngest son, Jonny "Wishbone" Beall. He was born in Baltimore, Md., on March 12, 1940, and grew up in Joppa, Md. He was in the first graduating class of Edgewood High School. As a member of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Charles graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He entered the U.S. Air Force as a second lieutenant in May 1964 and served as an electronic engineer in various acquisition and logistics assignments at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; McClellan AFB, California; and Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts. While in the Air Force, Charles obtained his Master's in Business Administration in 1974 from the Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California. He began his civil service career in July 1976 as an electronic engineer at the Army Logistics Center, later the Combined Arms Support Command located at Fort Lee, Virginia. During his thirty-one years at Fort Lee, Charles worked on various Research and Development Logistics Software Programs and retired January 3, 2008. He was an Eagle Scout and served as an Explorer Advisor/ Scoutmaster and enjoyed being a Little League coach for baseball, basketball and soccer. He was a competitive tennis and racquetball player, and in retirement he enjoyed playing golf with friends and grandsons as well as riding a road bike with the Richmond Area Bicycling Association. He is survived by his wife, Marlene H. Beall; sons, Michael and wife, Maria, and Gregg and wife, Loriann; stepchildren, Wayne Kickler and wife, Barbara, Kim Miller and husband, John, and Lisa Beck and husband, Mike; brothers, Jim and wife, Judy, of Vail, Ariz., and Ron and wife, Betty, of Abingdon, Md.; sister, Carole Sniegowski and husband, Gary, of Joppa, Md.; 11 grandchildren, Brandon, Tyler, Cameron, Orion, Haiele, Travis, John, Christina, Natalie, Holly and Ashley. He is also survived by the mother of his children, Gwen Beall; and his caring father-in-law, Merril Scarborough. He is survived by many other loving relatives and his wonderful loyal co-workers, friends and neighbors. The family will receive friends on Thursday, April 15, 2010, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Parham Chapel, Woody Funeral Home, 1771 N. Parham Road, where funeral services will be held at 12 noon Friday, April 16. Interment will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Virginia Veterans Cemetery at Amelia, Va. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, P.O. Box 980214, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0214, or Bon Secours Hospice. Online condolences may be made at www.woodyfuneralhomeparham.com



This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.