He was raised by his grandmother, who told him about his mother who died at 25 from tuberculosis, when Beamon was only 8 months old.
Он никогда не видел своего настоящего отца, а его мать, Наоми Бимон (Naomi Brown Beamon), в 25-летнем возрасте умерла от туберкулёза, когда сыну было 11 месяцев.