Lester Calvin "Jim" Beam Jr.

MOCKSVILLE - Mr. Lester "Jim" Calvin Beam Jr., 34, of Mocksville died Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2003, at Davie County Hospital. He was born March 24, 1969, in Davie County. Mr. Beam graduated from Davie High School and was employed by Douglas Battery Manufacturing Co. He was an avid outdoorsman and a motorcycle enthusiast. He was preceded in death by his grandfathers. Surviving are his wife, Mary B. Beam, of the home; two children, Jimmy Dale Beam and Patti Ann Beam of Winston-Salem; his mother, Rebecca Ann Smith Beam, of Mocksville; his father, Lester Calvin Beam, of Bridge City, Texas; a sister, Phyllis Turner, of Advance; a half brother, Derrick Beam; his grandmothers, Edna Smith of Mocksville and Phyllis Beam of Winston-Salem; two stepchildren, Calvin and Crystal Beam of Texas; a niece, Ashley Lewis; a nephew, Jonathan Lewis, both of Advance; and special friends Ray Smith Jr. and Bill and Sandy Clinard. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, at Hayworth-Miller Kinderton Chapel with the Rev. Kelley Jones officiating. Burial will follow in the Yadkin Valley Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.