Alma Ruth Beall, 82, a native of Slaton, Texas, and a resident of Daphne, died Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007
She and her husband, O.E. "Sam" Beall, founded B & B Industrial Supply Co. in 1959. She was a charter member of the Spanish Fort United Methodist Church and their first choir director. She was a member of the Spanish Fort Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. As well as being the Grand Organist for the State of Alabama, she was Worthy Grand Matron of the Spanish Fort Chapter.
She was preceded in death by her husband, O.E. "Sam" Beall; infant son, William Dwight Beall; her parents, Ervin Sylvester and Roberta Dell Richards; and sister, June Skinner.
Survivors include a daughter, D'Anne Beall Hardin of Fort Worth, Texas; two sons, Richard (Glenda) Beall of Daphne and Dwayne (Diane) Beall of Daphne; two sisters, Ann (Marvin) Oliver of Hot Springs, Ark., and Mary (R.L.) Lott of Killeen, Texas; six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29 from the chapel of Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens of Fairhope.
The family requests memorial donations be made to the Piano Fund of Spanish Fort United Methodist Church, 6530 Spanish Fort Blvd., Suite D., Spanish Fort, AL 36527.
Arrangements are by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Fairhope.
