Edna Claudean (Beaty) Gilland

Edna Claudean (Beaty) Gilland, 86, died May 4, 2025. She was born May 30, 1938, in Clarkrange, Tennessee, to Dewey and Ora (Evans) Beaty. She graduated from Cumberland County High School in 1958. She was a homemaker, sold Avon, and retired from housekeeping at Ball Memorial Hospital. She enjoyed sewing, gardening, cooking, going to church, traveling, and spending time with family.

She is survived by sisters: Charlene Atkinson, Knoxville, Tennessee, and Margaret Beaty, Crossville, Tennessee; daughters: Marsha Pennington (Curtis), Crossville, Tennessee, and Teresa Matchett (Chris), Yorktown, Indiana; grandchildren: Nicole Houston (Chad), LeeAnn Atkinson (Matthew), Kelsey Tollett (Jordan), Jordan Matchett (Sadie) and Jensen Amick (Caleb); great-grandchildren: Stormi, Jhett and Harbor Houston; Annslee and Owen Atkinson; Ella and Waylon Tollett; and Rowen, Milo and Tessa Matchett.

She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Michelia Beaty; brother, Jesse Willard Beaty; sisters, Katherine Grubb, Roxie Beaty, Fannie Westfelt, Dollie Ramsey; second husband, Odell Robbins; Stanford Durell Beaty, father of her daughters; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Funeral service will be Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 1:00 pm, Elm Ridge Funeral Home, 4600 W. Kilgore Ave., Muncie, IN 47304, with Pastor Brenton Hill officiating. Visitation is from 11:00 am until time of service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Illuminate Muncie Foursquare Church or to Muncie First Freewill Baptist Church.