WILLIAM PARRISH BEATY was born Dec. 18, 1915 at BenninOK to Alvin Beaty and Viola (Smith) Beaty, married Anna Charlene (Birkes) Majors at the Assembly of God Church in Eufaula on April 22, 1995, and died July 6, 2001. Services were held at the Gregg Funeral Home Chapel followed by burial with military rites at Greenwood Cemetery. Survivors include his wife; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Gary and Colleen Majors of Tulsa, Alfred Dewayne *Pete* Majors of Eufaula, Steve C. Majors of San Rafael, CA; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Jean and Keith Clark of Eufaula, Lynn Nahid of Arlington, TX, Stacy and Garry Russell of Miami, OK; a brother and sister-in-law, Garrell and Beth Beaty of Centerton, AR; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Lorene and paul Neal of Bokchito, OK and LaJune and Bill Hendix of Tecumseh, OK; 17 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, one sister, a nephew, and two half-sisters. THE INDIAN JOURNAL, Thursday, July 12, 2001