Mara Beam Obituary, Death – At the age of 32, Mara Leigh Beam of Conover, North Carolina passed away at Carolina Caring in Newton on the 13th of December, 2022. During the final moments of her life, she was cared for by her loving family on both sides. Her birth took place on July 21, 1990, in Catawba County, which is located in the state of North Carolina. Mary Shuford Beam of Conover and the late Kenneth Lee Beam were her parents. Her father passed away before she was born.
Mara attended Bandys High School from 2003 until she graduated in 2008, and she adored every single bit of her time there. She was her maternal grandmother’s babygirl, her paternal grandfather’s little girl, and her father’s father’s Dobin. Her mother thought the world of her. Mara was the older sister of Christopher and Ellie Mae, and from the moment they were brought into the world, she adored and doted on both of her younger siblings. As their older and more pious sister, Christopher and Ellie Mae looked up to Mara as a role model.
Her maternal grandparents, John and Sue Shuford, as well as her grandfather, Donald Beam, and her paternal grandparents, John and Sue Shuford, as well as two of her cousins, James “Punk” Pruett and Mikayla Hope Swink, all went away before she did. Her grandfather also passed away before she was born, following in the footsteps of her father.
Those who are left behind to honor her memory include her mother, Mary Shuford Beam of Conover; her brother, Christopher Beam of Conover; her sister, Ellie Beam of Conover; her paternal grandmother, Linda B. Beam of Newton; her uncles, Jeff Beam and wife Lori of Maiden, Donnie Beam and wife Gail of Catawba, Eddie Johnson and wife Cathy of Newton, and Steve Johnson of Florida; and her aunts, Sherry Lowrance