BEGAY, Jimmy Andrew

SANDERS — Graveside services for Jimmy Andrew Begay, 69, were 10 a.m., today, March 27, at Community Cemetery. Burial was in Community Cemetery, Jeddito. Begay died March 24, 2009, in Winslow. He was born Dec. 8, 1939, in Fort Defiance, into the Edge Water People Clan for the Near the Water People Clan. Begay attended Inter Mountain in Brigram City, Utah. He was a Silversmith and worked at Navajo County Road Dept. Begay was a member of the NAC, and liked to fish, hunt deer and go camping. He enjoyed outdoor activities. Survivors include his wife, Lydia J. Begay of Sanders; sons, Marvin Begay of White River, Jeffery Begay of Tsaile, Jerome Begay of Vanderwagon, Farrell, Darrell Yonnie of Jeddito; daughters, LuCelia Dean of Whooperwill, Ariz., Angela of Vanderwagon, Sharon of Tsaile, Dayanne Johnson of Rock Springs; brothers, Richard Begay of Sawmill, Stanley Tillden of Sawmill, Gilbert Tillden of Sawmill; sisters, Eleanor Tillden of Sawmill, Glenda Pittman of Oklahoma; five grandchildren. Begay was preceded in death by his father, George Begay; mother, Glennebah Wood; brothers, Andrew Lee Begay, Wilbert Bennie Tilden; son, Michael Begay. Pallbearers will be family members