RONALD J. BECK Ronald Jerry Beck, 44, clerk at Comfort Suites in Nashville, died Sunday, April 27, 2003 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. at St. Catherine Catholic Church with Father Patrick Connor officiating. Burial will be in the Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends after 4:00 p.m. Tuesday at Oakes & Nichols concluding with a Prayer Service at 7:00 p.m. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com. The Maury County native was a 1976 graduate of Columbia Central High School. He earned a B. S. degree in computer programming from Volunteer State Community College and was pursing a Masters Degree at Middle Tennessee State University. He was a commnicant of St. Catherine Catholic Church. Survivors include his parents, Jerry and Laura Piazza Beck of Columbia; two sisters, Cynthia (mike) Donovan of Lynnville and Jeanie Johnson of Columbia; two brothers, Jeffrey (Lisa) Beck of Charlotte and Bryan Beck of Columbus, Mississippi; three nieces and four nephews. Pallbearers are Mike Skillern, Brad Fisher, Adam Johnson, Mark Runions, Tony Bastone, Jeff Simpson, Dwight Ledford, Carrie Stevenson.