Loel Jane Beveridge

Loel Jane Beveridge, 49, died unexpectedly Sunday, October 2, 2005, at her home in Asheville. Ms. Beveridge was a native of Detroit, MI and was a daughter of the late Clifford Marshall Beveridge and Lois Gage Beveridge. She was raised in Dunedin, FL and was a talented ballet dancer. She was a former member of the St. Petersburg, FL Ballet Company and the Tampa, FL Ballet Company. She attended classes and performed with the NC School of the Arts and the National Ballet in Washington, DC. Ms. Beveridge also attended Central Piedmont Community College and Asheville-Buncombe Technical College where she was recently chosen as president of the Drama Club. She recently enrolled at UNC-Asheville with plans to earn her teaching credentials. She loved the theater and had choreographed or performed in over 40 musicals throughout the US, once dancing with Donald O’Conner. Locally she choreographed productions for the Asheville Community Theater and taught ballet with several area studios. She is survived by her daughter, Mercy Grace Beveridge and her son Jeremiah Scott Marshall Beveridge, both of the home; her fiancé, David Parkins; two sisters. Sean Webb of Maggie Valley and Jan Sparks of Paducah, KY; and her nieces and nephews Teresa Martin, Christine Ferkile, Andy Burden, Patrick Webb and Abigail Orpia. A celebration of Loel’s life will be at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Jim Jackson officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the A/B Tech Drama Club.