Edith S. Beveridge

Retired RN AUGUSTA, Ga. - Mrs. Edith Schmiedeskamp Beveridge (87), widow of LTC John R. Beveridge entered into rest Thursday, November 20, 2008 at Kentwood Nursing Facility. She was the daughter of the late Frederick Schmiedeskamp and Bertha Hedges Schmie- deskamp and was preceded in death by four brothers, Frederick Schmiedeskamp, Ralph Schmiedeskamp, Walter Schmiedeskamp and Warren Schmiedeskamp and three sisters, Elizabeth Schmiedeskamp Guntermann, Ruth Schmiedeskamp Moody and Mae Schmiedeskamp Moody. Funeral services will be conducted today, Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. at St. James United Methodist Church with Rev. Linda Birchall officiating. Interment will be at Yonah Memorial Gardens in Demorest, GA on Monday, November 24, 2008 at 1:00 P.M.. Members of the Beckum Bible Class at St. James will serve as honorary pallbearers. Mrs. Beveridge was born in Radersburg, Montana and lived most of her adult life in Georgia, the last forty-three years in Augusta. She was a nurse for the Richmond County Public Health Department, retiring in 1984. Mrs. Beveridge was a 1942 graduate of Blessing Hospital School of Nursing in Quincy, Illinois, and received further training in public health nursing at George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee. In 1977 the Georgia Nurses Association honored Mrs. Beveridge as the 10th District Nurse of the Year. Mrs. Beveridge was an active and devoted member of St. James United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday School for the Beckum Bible Class, the Good Shepard Bible Class and the Emma Lester Bible Class. Mrs. Beveridge was a committed member of the American Red Cross for over forty years. She was also involved with many other state and local health care organizations. Mrs. Beveridge is survived by her children, Albert H. Beveridge and his wife, Laura Leigh (Hooker), Alice Anne Beveridge; three grandchildren, Connor R. Beveridge, Grayson A. Beveridge and Tanner H. Beveridge; numerous well-loved nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank her caregivers Martha Kauffman, Emmie Dent, Loretta Rickerson, Josephine Harris and the staff at Kentwood Nursing Home for their compassionate care. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials may be made to St. James United Methodist Church, 439 Greene St., Augusta, GA 30901, the American Red. Cross, 1322 Ellis St., Augusta, GA 30901 or your charity of choice. Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors, 214 Davis Rd., Augusta, GA 30907 (706) 364-8484. www.thomaspoteet.com