Ima Jean Beecham Fincher

February 5, 1943 - March 17, 2021

Funeral service for Ima Jean Beecham Fincher, 78, of Piedmont will be Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at New Oak Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Todd Martin and Pastor Keith Fordham officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the service Saturday at the church. Mrs. Fincher passed away Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Survivors include one daughter, Teresa Fincher of Heflin; one son, Ronnie Fincher of Piedmont; chosen daughter, Cindy Stone (Steve) of White Plains; two grandchildren, Lakisha Bryant (Ashley) of Heflin and Emily Lankford (Josh) of Pleasant Valley; four great grandchildren, Ashtyn Bryant, Silas Bryant, Grayden Lankford, and Graham Lankford; and five sisters, Ann Jobson, Trisha Howell, Bobbie Hamlin, Linda Zickafoose, and Tina Clay. Pallbearers will be Mancel Morgan, Dan Delodge, Steve Stone, Boyd Coppock, Billy Johns, and Aaron Higginbotham. Mrs. Fincher was a longtime resident of Piedmont and a member of New Oak Grove Baptist Church. She retired from Union Yarn Mill in Jacksonville with almost 40 years of service. She loved gardening, canning, and was an avid quilter. Mrs. Fincher loved her family. She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Fincher; son, Ricky Fincher; parents, Richard “Hoot” and Inez Beecham; and two brothers, Jimmy Beecham and Carl “Rod” Beecham.