The Reverend Doctor Lander Lowell Beal died peacefully in his sleep June 6  2016 at Woodlands Retirement Community Lander was born October 26  1927 in Catawba County  NC He was preceded in death by his parents  Joe and Bertie Beal  his first wife  Sue Beckwith Beal  his daughter  Laura Lee Beal Tebbetts  and his six sisters  Mozelle Eubanks  Rose Brown  Aline Farris  Muriel Nanney  Joyce Long and Becky Mauney and two brothers  Daniel Clyde Beal and Earl Beal