HATTIE M. BEAL

JONESPORT – Hattie M. Beal, 51, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, at a Bangor hospital, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born Sept. 26, 1957, in Addison, the daughter of Dorothy (Tibbetts) Seavey of New Hampshire and the late Herman Seavey Sr. Hattie enjoyed her employment at Atlantic Oaks, Bar Harbor, throughout the past 15 years especially enjoying the people she worked in and around. Mrs. Beal enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles, scrapbooking, and taking photos and maintaining many albums. Residing close to the water, she enjoyed the ocean. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She shared 33 years of marriage with James Beal of Jonesport. In addition to her husband and mother, family members include her children, Danny Beal Sr. and his wife, Tabitha, James Beal Jr. and wife, Wilma, Hermena Beal, and Jessica Beal; grandchildren, Danny Jr., Breanna, Emma, Taylor, Devin, Ryan, Tiffany, Katheryn, Kelly, Desaraye and Payge; siblings, Rhodella Montgomery and husband, Michael, Hermena Hanning and husband, Larry, Nina Grant and husband, Richard, Herman Seavey and wife, Debbie, Russell Atcherson, Beverly Barnes and husband, John, and Jeanette Davis. She is also survived by a special mother-in-law, Margaret Beal. She will be sadly missed by special friends, Lucille Corbin, Marge and Ernie Butler; many nieces, nephews, cousins and countless friends. Relatives and friends are invited to visit with the family 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, at United Pentecostal Church, Jonesport, where a funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be after at Great Wass Cemetery, Beals. A service of Bragdon-Kelley Funeral Home, Milbridge. For messages of condolence, please visit our website at www.bragdonkelley.com.