JESSE BEAN

BEAN JESSE COLEMAN BEAN Coleman Bean died peacefully on Sunday, December 17, 2017 in Falls Church, VA. Coleman was born in Anniston, ALA on August 9, 1928. His parents were Dr. William Gleeson Bean and Lucy Marstellar Bean. He grew up in Lexington, VA on the campus of Washington and Lee University where his father was head of Washington and Lee's history department from 1930 until 1962 and had joined the W&L faculty in 1922. Dr. Bean was widely known as an expert on southern history and the Civil War in particular. Coleman attended W&L for one year prior to entering the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. Upon graduating from West Point in 1950, he was commissioned as a regular Air Force officer and was assigned to the Strategic Air Force Command (SAC), Radar Navigator-Bombadier on a B-50 Bomber, where he served for four years. In September 1954 he entered the University of Virginia Law School in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was on the Dean's List, elected to the Order of the Coif, and was Student Assistant to Professor T. M. Boyd. Coleman passed the Virginia Bar in 1956 and graduated second in his class in February 1957. He also received a Master of Law (Federal Taxation) from Georgetown Graduate School of Law in Washington DC. Upon graduation from UVA, Coleman was an associate lawyer for McGuire Eggleston, Babcock & Woods in Richmond, VA. After a short time in Richmond, he went to Washington, DC. Soon thereafter he became the eighth lawyer at Howrie Simon, Baker and Murchison. While there Coleman met George Webster, who became his friend and law partner. He continued to practice law for the next 25 years at Webster Chamberlain and Bean in Washington, DC. Coleman was a member of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC. Other memberships include the Metropolitan Club for 46 years, the Chevy Chase Club, in Chevy Chase, MD and Farmington Country Club, in Charlottesville, VA. He lived in Georgetown for over 40 years. After his retirement and prior to his death, he resided in Great Falls, VA with his wife, Lois Mahoney Bean, and their beloved standard poodle, Brigitte. Coleman is also survived by his brother, William Gleeson Bean, of Lexington, VA. Interment will take place on January 10, 2018 at 1 p.m. at the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery in Lexington, VA. A memorial service will be held at the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC at a later date. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA or to the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC.In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA or to the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC.