Beverly Jane Lunsford of Canton, Georgia | 1945 - 2019 | Obituary
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Ms. Beverly Lunsford, age 74 of Canton, formerly of Conyers, passed away Wednesday May 22, 2019 at Northside Hospital Cherokee.
Ms. Lunsford is survived by her dearest friend: Sharon Summers of Jasper; Step-Sons and Daughters in heart: Robert & Amber Nix of Cumming; Robin & Jose Casas of Jasper; Renee & Clay Barrineau of Canton; Grandchildren in heart: Colton Williams, Jose Casas Jr, Hampton Barrineau, Eason Barrineau, Ryleigh Nix and Robert Nix Jr.
Visitation will begin 1:00 PM Sunday May 26, until the funeral hour.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday May 26, 2019 in the Cagle Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Ben Mock officiating.
Interment will be at Sunrise Memorial Gardens.
Cagle Funeral Home is honored to serve the Lunsford family.
The actress best known for playing Shirley Fletcher on the television sitcom Leave It to Beaver.
Lunsford's early career encompassed several stage performances as well as television and movies. She first appeared at the age of 12 in the 1957 Broadway production of The Rope Dancers, starring Siobhán McKenna and Art Carney. Lunsford's big-screen work started soon after. She appeared in several anthology dramas, then progressed to guest-starring roles on television series such as National Velvet, My Three Sons, and Leave It to Beaver. She temporarily played the part of Amy Ames Britton Kincaid on the CBS soap opera The Secret Storm, during which she filled in for the main star, Jada Rowland. She had previously played a role on The Edge of Night.
Lunsford's starring role came in 1961 when she played in Roger Corman's topical drama The Intruder. The film dealt with race relations in the American South in the wake of the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling in 1954.
In 1963, Lunsford was cast in Herbert L. Strock's horror film The Crawling Hand. Lunsford made her last screen appearance in 1969, although she still attended various public celebrity-oriented events until her death in 2019.
Filmography
Year Title Role
1957 That Night! Betsy Bowden
1962 The Intruder Ella McDaniel
1963 The Crawling
Hand Patsy Townsen
1968 Jennie:
Wife/Child Jennie Pekingpraw
Television
Year Title Role
1956 Robert
Montgomery Presents Mark Pendel
1955–1958 United
States Steel Hour Sylvia/Allison
1960–1961 National
Velvet Marilyn Winters in "The Riding
Mistress (with Roger Mobley)
1962 Leave It to
Beaver Shirley Fletcher
1969 My Three Sons Betty Crawford
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