Howard Carroll Beach

Howard Carroll Beach, 83, of Cottonwood died April 12, 2011 He was born May 15, 1927 in Plainview, Texas. He was preceded in death by his wife of forty years, Deloris M. Beach and a stepdaughter Barbara Hunt. He is survived by children Mark Beach (Sheryl), Sandra Colbert, Rhonda Gosso (Tom) and Paul Hosier; stepchildren Richard Mills (Cindy), John Mills (Debbie) Patty McBride (Tom); sisters Marie McKinnon and Billie Schroder; brother Joe Beach; twenty grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. He moved to Cottonwood in 1979 and started Beach Enterprises building many custom homes in the Cottonwood area until he retired in 1999. Howard loved the outdoors. He would go camping and fishing whenever he could get away. Howard\u0027s faith in Jesus made him a loving, kind and generous husband, father and grandfather. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, April 17 in the Westcott Funeral Home at 2 PM. Donations in his memory may be made to the Verde Valley Human Society, P O Box 1429, Cottonwood, AZ 86326. An online guestbook is available at www.westcottfuneralhome.com