Mary Lee Bean

Mary married Clyde Bean and they had two sons. Mary attended Hudson High School and graduated with her diploma. She went on to study art at Glendale Community College gaining her AA Degree. Mary loved water colors and became an Art Teacher instructing in several schools and studios. Mary is renowned in Water Color Art Society and some of her pieces hang in the White house and The Blair House. Mary was a member of Starlight Park Baptist Church and the (AWA) Arizona Water Color Association.

Mary is preceded by her parents; husband Clyde and sisters Pearl and Evelyn.

Mary is survived by her sons Michael E. Bean (Linda Primozich) and David C. Bean; Her grandsons Jason, Fred, and Farron; sisters Hellen Poole (Clyde), Rubie Fite (Lonnie) and Carolyn Walker; and several other family and friends.

A Celebration of Life Service for Mary will be held at Starlight Park Baptist Church at 7901 W. Osborn Rd, Phoenix, Arizona at a date to be determined.

A Funeral Service at Union Grove Baptist Church of Lenoir, North Carolina will be held on Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 3:00 pm with Rev. Sam Craven and Rev. Daniel Buchanan officiating. A visitation will be held from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm prior to the service. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

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Pendry's Lenoir Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Mary Lee Bean.