Edith Pennington Beans, age 87, of Atmore, AL passed away on December 24, 2022 in Atmore, AL.  She was born on February 27, 1935 in Chillicothe, MO to Alize "Bill" and Elisa Graves Pennington. Edith was a member of the University Parkway Seventh-Day Adventist Church. She served on the board of Campion Academy and Bass Memorial Academy. She also was the Director of Women's Ministry at Gulf State Seventh-Day Adventist Conference. Edith owned The Beans Store in Atmore for many years.

She is preceded in death by her parents and her sisters, Dixie Dahl and Barbara Stocker.

She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Donald R. Beans; her children: Connie (Tim) Mercer of Piney Flats, TN, Cathy (Clark) McCrain of Firestone, CO, Kevin (Linda) Beans of Hopkinsville, KY, Troy (Livny) Beans of Dayton, OH and Jodi (Jim) Burrill of Orlando, FL; eleven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Bradford Schleif officiating. Interment will follow at a later date in Roselawn Cemetery in Fort Collins, CO.

Visitation will be held Tuesday, December 27, 2022 from 9:30 a.m. until service time at 10:00 a.m. at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home in Atmore, AL.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Adventist World Radio, awr.org or International Children's Care, forhiskids.org

Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.