The following obit appeared in the Evansville Courier, Tuesday, May 4, regarding the death of my Aunt Bea. Beatrice Eakins was the first daughter born to Enoch Marian Eakins (s/o Enoch George Eakins and Harriet Minerva Ford of Henderson Co., KY) and Florence Handley (d/o George H. Handley and Beatrice Ezell of Mortons Gap, KY). Aunt Bea was one of 10 children, my mom (Katheryn Lee Eakins) being the 8th child born. Uncle Bert Sandefur (Aunt Bea's first husband) was from Blackford, Webster Co., KY. Aunt Bea never suffered any, did have a heart attack a week ago, was sent home with blood thinners, and had a brain hemmorrage yesterday morning. Her mind was a sharp as the day she was born. I talked to her about a month ago, digging some Handley information. She told me stories as if they happened yesterday. At times, Aunt Bea's house was like Grand Central Station. If you needed a bed for the night, her door was always open. Aunt Bea also delivered a few children in her day, helped raise some neices and nephews, and was sort of like the "proverbial mother hen" of everyone. She was a truly good person. Only one sister out of the brothers and sisters is left--my Aunt Florence Clay Eakins Barfield. Helen Keusch Beatrice (Eakins) Sandefur Crowley, 91, of Evansville, died Monday, May 3, 1999, at St. Mary’s Medical Center.She retired in 1989 after 22 years as a seamstress at Levinson’s Men’s Shop. She formerly worked at Servel Inc. for 25 years. She and her first husband, Bert Sandefur, worked together on the Dixie Line Railroad, which ran between Sturgis, Ky., and Evansville. She was a member of the Free Methodist Church, and attended Washington Avenue Baptist Church. Surviving are a stepdaughter, Jean Adams of Goreville, Ill.; two stepsons, Norman Crowley of Panama City, Fla., and D. Wayne Crowley of Newburgh; a sister, Florence (Eakins) Barfield of Evansville; 15 grandchildren, Bert E. Sandefur Jr, Tammy Jo (Sandefur) Bernick, Sheri (Sandefur) Schneider, Debbie (Crowley) Richards, Gary Crowley, Vicky (Crowley) Bates, Kurt and Kyle Crowley, Ronnie, Bobby and Larry Adams, Connie (Adams) McNichols, and Dale “Skip,” Jamie and Chris Crowley; 19 great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Bert Emm Dewy Sandefur, in 1954, by her second husband, Clarence A. Crowley, in 1992, and by her son, Bert Enoch Sandefur Sr., in 1994. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Boone Funeral Home East Chapel, David Schultz officiating, with burial in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to service time Wednesday at the funeral home.