BEATTY, JOSEPH "JOE," JR., 88, passed away on May 24, 2011.
He was a retired employee of General Electric, an Army veteran of World War II, and a member of Rockford Lane Baptist Church, where he participated in the Leisure Club and the Dart Ball Club.
He was preceded in death by his son, William Thomas Sloan.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Mary L. (Routt) Beatty; his daughter, Patricia Phillips (Dave); sons, James Beatty (Laverne), Charles Greenwell (Diane), Kenneth Sloan (Mary) and Raymond Sloan (Rita); 18 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; his brother, Robert Beatty; and sister, Edna Booth.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Owen Funeral Home, 5317 Dixie Highway with cremation to follow. Committal services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the Sonora Cemetery, Sonora, KY.
Visitation will be 2 - 8 p.m. Thursday.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to his church.