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John E. Bean (deceased)​

John E. Bean (deceased)​

Elizabeth Ann Bean Kershaw (deceased)

Elizabeth Ann Bean Kershaw (deceased)

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'''Ronald Clarence Bean''', known as '''Ron Bean''' (November 4, 1938 &ndash; April 19, 2005),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14580107/ronald-clarence-bean|title=Ronald Clarence Bean|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 31, 2019}}</ref> was a [[Republican Party |Republican]] state senator from his native [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]. A [[Moderate Republican]], Bean served from 1992 to 2004<ref name=ssenate/> and was hailed by his peers for "nonpartisanship.

'''Ronald Clarence Bean''', known as '''Ron Bean''' (November 4, 1938 &ndash; April 19, 2005),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14580107/ronald-clarence-bean|title=Ronald Clarence Bean|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 31, 2019}}</ref> was a [[Republican Party |Republican]] state senator from his native [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]. A [[Moderate Republican]], Bean served from 1992 to 2004<ref name=ssenate/> and was hailed by his peers for "nonpartisanship".

Bean was a [[United States Army]] soldier with service in [[South Korea]] and [[Vietnam]] and a pilot decorated for heroism. He died of renal failure at the Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport. He had undergone two [[kidney]] transplants and suffered from steadily declining health since 2001.​<ref name=findagrave/>

Bean was a [[United States Army]] soldier with service in [[South Korea]] and [[Vietnam]] and a pilot decorated for heroism. He died of renal failure at the Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport. He had undergone two [[kidney]] transplants and suffered from steadily declining health since 2001.​<ref name=findagrave/>

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=18714877|title=Adrian Johngene "John" Bean, Jr.|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=August 1, 2006|accessdate=December 31, 2020}}</ref>

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=18714877|title=Adrian Johngene "John" Bean, Jr.|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=August 1, 2006|accessdate=December 31, 2020}}</ref>

Bean died in Shreveport at the age of sixty-six. He was survived by his wife, Carol Grady Bean (born 1946), and a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Bean of Shreveport. His funeral was held in the temporary quarters of Summer Grove Baptist Church<ref name=ksla/> in South Park Mall in Shreveport, with his former pastor, [[Wayne DuBose]], officiating. One of the speakers, Huntington Blair "Hunt" Downer, Jr. (born 1946), a brigadier general of the Louisiana Army National Guard, a former [[Speaker]] of the Louisiana House of Representatives, and a failed 2003 [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate noted that Bean had risked his life to save nearly all of the men otherwise doomed in the helicopter crash. He presented a flag to Carol and Mary Bean.​

Bean died in Shreveport at the age of sixty-six. He was survived by his wife, Carol Grady Bean (born 1946), and a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Bean of Shreveport. His funeral was held in the temporary quarters of Summer Grove Baptist Church<ref name=ksla/> in South Park Mall in Shreveport, with his former pastor, [[Wayne DuBose]], officiating. One of the speakers, Huntington Blair "Hunt" Downer, Jr. (born 1946), a brigadier general of the Louisiana Army National Guard, a former [[Speaker]] of the Louisiana House of Representatives, and a failed 2003 [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate noted that Bean had risked his life to save nearly all of the men otherwise doomed in the helicopter crash. He presented a flag to Carol and Mary Bean.

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[[Category:Moderate Republicans]]​

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[[Category:Southern Baptists]]​

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