Earl Merritt “Foots” Beam, 92, of Botland, died Friday, May 29, 2015, at the Loretto Motherhouse. He was born Feb. 10, 1923, in the Poplar Flat area of Nelson County to Chester Allen and Katherine Brown Montgomery Beam. He was a member of Mill Creek Baptist Church, and a retired farmer and warehouseman at Heaven … Continue reading Obituary: Earl Merritt ‘Foots’ Beam, 92, Botland