Della Marie Bean, age 88, of Springfield, MO, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2012 at Maranatha Village. She was born October 4, 1923, in Eros, LA, to Ezra and Edna (Costin) Perritt. She was a member of the Central Assembly Of God Church. She served as a minister for 40 years with the Assemblies of God, along with her husband Rev. Darrell E. Bean.Della was a seamstress and pie baker.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her son Herman Hamp Bailey, Ca. She is survived by her two daughters: Dianne R. Bailey-Teague, Gold Hill, Or., and Edna Fay Onston, Broadview, Mt. and her two grandsons: Neil Carter, Gold Hill, OR .and Milton Thomas Carter, Golden Hill , Or. as well as 5-great-grandchildren, and 3-great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, May 31, 2012, at Greenlawn Funeral Home North, Springfield, MO. Burial will be held in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Springfield, MO. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at Greenlawn Funeral Home North. Memorial contributions may be made to the Assemblies of God Ministry. Services have been entrusted to Greenlawn Funeral Home North, Springfield, MO. Online condolences may be made at www.greenlawnfuneralhome.com.