Beavan, Agnes Marie
Birth: Sunday, July 31, 1927 in Abell, Maryland
Death: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at the age of 86
Laid to Rest: Saturday, November 30, 2013 in the Queen of Peace Cemetery, Helen, Maryland
Agnes Marie Hayden Beavan, a wonderful wife, mother, and friend, passed away on November 26, 2013 at 86 years of age.

Marie was born in Abell, Maryland on July 31, 1927, to James Elton Hayden and Daisy Elizabeth Harden. She grew up in Abell, attending school at Holy Angels Elementary and graduating from Margaret Brent High School in the class of 1946.

While attending a dance at Old Gum hall, she met her future husband, James (Jimmie) Beavan. Jimmie was living with his grandparents in Leonardtown, where he was working on the farm and delivering milk and wood in the county; Marie had first seen him while he was delivering wood to her patent's home. They corresponded during the war while Marie finished high school and was working at the IGA and St. Mary's Hotel in Leonardtown, as well as the Veteran's Administration in Washington, DC.

Marie and Jimmie married on July 6, 1946 at Holy Angels Church, Avenue, MD. They moved into a small house on the Beckman and Loretta Norris farm soon after, and five of their children were born there before they bought Hayden's Fare Farm in Chaptico. In all, Marie and Jimmie raised 10 children.

During the years of raising her family, Marie was active at Our Lady of the Wayside Church in Chaptico, and in school and Community events, as well as in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, in which she served as Regent of Court Fr. Andrew White and later State Representative for Southern Maryland. She was awarded lifetime membership in Optimist International for her many hours of work in and dedication to the organization.

She enjoyed travel, playing cards, taking pictures, cooking for her family, and entertaining family and friends. She raised a big garden and canned froze vegetables. She will be remembered as a woman who was warm and caring, enjoying time with her grandchildren, as she watched several of them before and after school. She also enjoyed visits from the great grandchildren and holidays with her family.

Marie is survived by nine of her ten children, Anne Marie (Ralph Dorland) of Fort Collins, CO; James Jr. (Shirley) of Laurel, MD and Temp, AZ; Michael (Patsy), George (Debora), Joe (Alicia) , and daughter-in-law, Margaret, of Chaptico, MD; Janet of Plano, TX; Susan (Raymond Guy) of Clements, MD; Robert (Tina) of Hagerstown, MD; and Bill ( Kim) of Thurmont, MD. Marie was blessed with twenty-five grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren, all of whom she loved greatly. She is also survived by her brother, Cecil Hayden, and sisters Polly Hall, Ann Clark, Laura Cusick, and Joan Warzynski.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmie, to whom she was truly devoted; her beloved son, David; grandson, B.J. Guy; her parents; an infant brother; and her sister, Louise.

Friends may call at the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD on Saturday, November 30, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM . A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Our Lady of the Wayside Church, 37575 Chaptico Road, Chaptico, MD on Saturday at 11:30 AM. Followed by interment at Queen of Peace Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Colby, Justin and Brandon Beavan, Gabriel and Gage Beavan, and John Beavan.

Memorial contributions may be made to ACTS( (A Community That Shares) or the Mary Lou Gough Food Pantry, P.O. Box 97, Chaptico, MD 20621. Arrangements provided by Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home.

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