THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, October 25, 1996 TAG: 9610250470
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B6 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: 24 lines
Joe Henry Beard, 85, of the 200 block of S. Parliament Drive, died Oct. 23, 1996, at the residence.
Born in Columbiania, Ala., he was predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Mary Gage Beard. He was a member of Carrow Baptist Church, Virginia Beach, and Willis V. Fentress Masonic Lodge (NU)296 A.F. & A.M. Mr. Beard was a graduate of the Technical Institute of the College of William and Mary and, recently, Old Dominion University.
Survivors include daughters, Jacqueline Beard Howard and husband, Franklin D., of Elizabeth City, N.C., Gwendolyn Beard Faircloth and husband, George W., of Baconton, Ga.; a son, Joseph Henry Beard Jr. and wife, Marcella W., of Virginia Beach; 12 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
A funeral with Masonic rites will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday in Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel, by the Rev. Richard J. Bruce. Entombment will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today in Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel. Military honors will be accorded at the graveside.
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