Margaret Beam

Margaret Jefferson Beam, 90, passed away on Sunday, November 5, 2023.

Margaret was born on December 6, 1932, a daughter of the late Walter Dave Jefferson and Jettie Parker Jefferson in Danville, Virginia. She worked as a Payroll Manager at Spangler Construction Company. She was an active member at Chestnut Level Baptist Church. She had a passion for pets and animals, reading, and crafts, and she was involved with the Pittsylvania County Pet Center and the SPCA. She loved her family.

She is survived by two sons and three stepdaughters, Kenneth Fitzgerald (Deborah), Scott Fitzgerald (Pilar), Linda Abernathy (Paul), Teresa Winslow (Claren), and Janet Mullis (Don), her grandchildren, Travis Fitzgerald, Sean Fitzgerald (Brooke), Anne Fitzgerald, Heather Rumfelt (Jeromy), Ryan Abernathy (Elizabeth), Sarah Winslow, Ted Winslow, Sydney Mullis, Erica Sainio (David), and Gabrielle Mullis, and six great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, Margaret is predeceased by her husband, William S. Beam, her brother, Bobby Jefferson, and her sister, Shirlene McCubbins.

The funeral service will be held on Wednesday November 8, 2023, at 2:00 PM at Townes Funeral Home with Pastor Zack Hyler officiating. A visitation will be held an hour prior to the service. Interment will follow at Highland Burial Park.

The family would like to thank the staff at Roman Eagle Nursing Home and a special thank you to Patti Griggs for their care.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial donations may be made to the Chestnut Level Baptist Church Youth Program, 6940 Spring Garden Road, Blairs, VA.

Please sign the online guestbook on the Memory Wall at www.townesfuneralhome.com. The Beam family has entrusted arrangements to Townes Funeral Home and Crematory, 215 West Main St., Danville, VA, 434-793-1211.