Mary Beattie
Posted: March 27, 2015
Mary Ruth Johnson Beattie, 89, died March 23, 2015. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Welch Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Oddfellows Cemetery. Visitation is one hour before service time at the funeral home. Mrs. Beattie was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. She was formerly employed with the office of international affairs at Mississippi State University. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry A. Beattie Jr. She is survived by children, Henry A Beattie III of Scottsdale, Arizona, Mary Katherine Beattie Swedenburg of Birmingham, Alabama, Carol J. Beattie Shead of Ft. Worth, Texas, and James V. Beattie of Starkville; and four grandchildren.