Dateline – Joanna
Jimmy Beach, age 69, joined his loving wife of 48 years, Kathy Metts Beach, in Heaven on Saturday, August 3, 2019.
He was born in Concord, NC, and was a son of the late Robert and Mildred Beach. He was a US Army Vietnam Veteran, a former employee of Torrington (Timken), and an avid Clemson fan.
Jimmy is survived by his two daughters, Michele Knighton (Nick) of Joanna, and Laney and Alex Alexander of Myrtle Beach, SC; his sister, Sue Goff of Newberry; his three grandchildren, Nicholas Knighton (Brittany), Cassidy Martin (Timothy), and Heather Constance (Keith); his three great-grandchildren, Nicholas Knighton, Easton and Wyatt Constance, all of Joanna; and many nieces, nephews, and great nieces and nephews.
In addition to his wife and parents, he was predeceased by his brothers, Kenneth, Richard and Bobby Beach; and his sisters, Cynthia Trammell and Becky (Bobby) Greene.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 6, 2019 in the Pinelawn Memory Gardens Mausoleum Chapel at 5:30 PM, with military honors. The family will receive friends prior to the service at the Mausoleum Chapel from 4:30 to 5:30 PM.
Jimmy’s family request that memorial donations be made to Haddon Strong/Prayer Warrior Foundation, C/O Makayla and Lee Norris, PO Box 637, Newberry, SC 29108.
The family will be at the home of his daughter, Michele and Nick Knighton, 421 Byrnes Street, Joanna, SC 29351.
Condolences may be expressed to the family at
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