Katherine Bean

Katherine Johnson Bean, age 90, died January 21, 2011. She was an active member of Brook Hollow Baptist Church for 56 years and was ordained a deacon there. She was director of the International Sunday School Department at Brook Hollow and a founding member and former director of the International Friends program that met at Woodmont Baptist Church for 34 years. She was an avid gardener. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edgar and Mava Johnson, husband, Edward Bean, 5 brothers, William, Carl, Charles, Hollis, and Thomas and 3 sisters, Josephine, Ruth, and Marie. She is survived by her daughters, Pamela Jeff Clanton of Nashville and Melinda Easterling of Fairview, TN, 6 grandchildren, Jennifer Linden Lantz, Wesley Clanton, Emily Clanton, Anna Ferguson, Luke Easterling, and Ellen Easterling, and 2 great-grandchildren, Brett and Jackson Ferguson. Donations may be made to Brook Hollow Baptist Church Mission Fund. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 1 p.m. at Brook Hollow Baptist Church with Tom Gholson officiating, visitation will begin one hour prior to service. A private burial will take place at Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens at a later time. Visitation will be on Monday, January 24, 2011 from 4-8 p.m. WEST HARPETH FUNERAL HOME 6962 Charlotte Pike Nashville, TN 615 352-9400 afamilylegacy.com.