Obituary: Ruth Ann Beasley

February 28, 1946 – June 10, 2025

Ruth Ann Beasley, 79, of Bedford, passed away on June 10, 2025, at IU Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.

Ruth Ann was born in Mitchell on February 28, 1946, to Jim Gaddis and Kathleen (Cox) Craig. Ruth Ann married Jerry D. Beasley, and he preceded her in death on January 23, 2013.

Ruth Ann retired from GE in Bloomington; she attended the Apostolic Faith Assembly in Bedford.

Survivors include her children, Joy (Bob) Johnson, Aaron Beasley, and Kelley (Mindy) Beasley, her companion, Morris Watson, and her grandchildren, Ajay, Ayden, Taryn, Jessica, Greyson, Hudson, and Colson, great-grandchildren, Melody, and Remy Belle Shrum, two brothers, Gene (Betty) Gaddis, Jim (Kathy) Gaddis, two sisters, Becky Gaddis, and Joyce Agan.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Jim and Mary Etta Gaddis, and Kathleen Cox, husband, Jerry D. Beasley, daughter, Joyce, two sisters, Connie Keene, and Mary Ellen Smith.

Memorial services will be held on Friday, June 13, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. at Cresthaven Funeral Home with Brother Kenneth Allen and Gene Gaddis officiating. Burial will be in Cresthaven Memory Gardens. A celebration of her life will be on Friday from 11:00 a.m. until service time at 1:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Condolences may be made at www.cresthavenfh.com.