Beatrice Harman "Bea" Gregory

GREGORY Beatrice "Bea" Harman Gregory of Richmond, formerly of Roanoke and Chase City, passed away January 6, 2007. She was born on January 1, 1922, and was was preceded in death by her mother and stepfather, Dr. and Mrs. William L. Mason; father, Arthur C. Harman; and twin brothers, Michael G. Harman and Arthur C. Harman III. She is survived by her daughter, Jeanne Swift Gregory Lebow and her husband, Steve Shepard of Ocean Springs, Miss.; and her son, William Carson Gregory; and other extended family members and friends. Mrs. Gregory was a retired bank employee and a member of both First Presbyterian Church of Roanoke and Chase City Presbyterian Church. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Bliley Funeral Homes' Central Chapel, 3801 Augusta Ave., where a funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, P.O. Box 28246, Richmond, Va. 23228 or Gentle Shepherd Hospice, P.O. Box 3754, Radford, Va. 24143.