Beall, Rudell C.

29 Apr Beall, Rudell C.

April 20, 2010 – July 8, 2002.

• Fair Pioneer 

Mr. Rudell C. Beall, 91, of Lewisdale, died Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at College View Nursing Center in Frederick. Twice married, he was the husband of the late Joyce Day Beall, who died Jan. 6, 1985, and the late Ruth Watkins Beall, who died July 8, 2002.

Born June 30, 1918, in Lewisdale, he was a son of the late Leslie G. and Bessie Lewis Beall.

Mr. Beall was a graduate of Damascus High School. He was a well-known and longtime area farmer. He was a member of the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association, Enterprise Farmers Club, past director of the Farmers Co-Operative, a member of the Business of Farming Club, and past director and pioneer of the Montgomery County Agricultural Center in Gaithersburg.

He was a lifetime member of Bethesda United Methodist Church, serving for many years as recording secretary of the church. He was a past director and active member of both the Beall’s Grove and Damascus Camp Meeting.

Surviving him are two sons, Robert C. Beall and wife, Mary Ann, of Clarksburg, and Clark L. Beall and wife, Diane, also of Clarksburg; four grandchildren, Kevin W. Beall and wife, Rose, of Clarksburg, Karen Skidmore and husband, Robert, of Mount Airy, Kristen Branch and husband, Trevis, also of Mount Airy, and Vicki R. Stokes and husband, Michael, of Poolesville; one sister, Betty Day of Ijamsville; 11 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Mr. Beall was preceded in death by two sisters, Edna Day and Helen Linthicum.