Mr. Lawrence B. Bean, 83, of Liberty, died Jan. 21. He was born in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 11, 1929. His parents were the late Edwin Temple Bean Sr. and Mary (a’Becket) Bean. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Mary Osborne.
 Survivors include his wife, Bonnie (Axley) Bean of Liberty; son, Lawrence B. “Skip” Bean Jr.  and wife Jill of Penobscot, Maine; daughters, Cynthia Lee Bailey of Rochester, N.Y., and Pamela (Christopher) Panfil of Angola, N.Y.; step-son, Christopher Brunetto of Seminole, Fla.; step-daughter, Angeline Brunetto Sprague, M.D. and husband Timothy Sprague of Christiana; brothers, Edwin Temple Bean Jr. and wife Susan of Buffalo, N.Y., and Neil Bean and wife Patricia of Wilmington, N.C.; five grandchildren, Katherine Lee Bailey, Silas Jude Panfil, Becket Alexander Panfil, Kendall Faith Sprague and Ethan Ray Sprague. 
He was a member of St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church in Lebanon and was involved in establishing the Carmel Center of Spirituality, a Catholic retreat center in Liberty. He and his wife Bonnie devoted much of their time and energy assisting the priests of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate at the center.
Mr. Bean grew up as a young man in East Aurora, N.Y. He was a veteran of the U.S. Naval ROTC program while at Clarkson College, N.Y., where he obtained a bachelors degree in Civil Engineering. He was president of Conax Florida Corporation of St. Petersburg, Fla., which produces life support systems for the U.S. Navy and Air Force. Mr. Bean was an avid reader and had worked as a librarian in the Dowelltown and Liberty Library for 15 years.
Mr. Bean had requested that his body be cremated. Memorial Mass will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 2 p.m. at St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church, 300 South Tarver Avenue, Lebanon. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Carmel Center, P.O. Box 117, Liberty, TN 37095.
Smith Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences may be sent via www.smithfuneralhomewoodbury.net on the guestbook page. Call Smith Funeral Home for other details at (615) 563-5337.
SMITHVILLE REVIEW
Smithville, TN
Jan. 30, 2013
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