Ben Thomas Beard: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Ben Thomas Beard was born on 19 May 1913 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 24 Oct 1995; was buried in Broaddus Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas.

Notes:

He shares a double gravestone at the Broaddus Cemetery with Ethel A. Beard (5 Jan1916-22 Mar 2004).

Ben Beard

Ben Beard, 82, of Route 1, Broaddus, died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 1995, at Medical Center Hospital in Nacogdoches.

He was born May 19, 1913, in San Augustine County and had been a lifelong area resident. Beard was a retired carpenter and farmer and member of the Church of Christ.

Survivors: wife, Ethel Beard of Broaddus; a daughter, Mildred Chapman of Baytown; four grandchildren, Jo Dismukes and Andrew Chapman, both of Baytown, and Mary Abel and Ben Chapman, both of Broaddus; six great-grandchildren; two brothers, Vonnie Beard of Houston and Milton Beard of Broaddus; and three sisters, Olga Green of Houston, Marie Green of Nacogdoches, and Octavia Burns of Broaddus.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Wyman Roberts Funeral Chapel in San Augustine with Luther Martin officiating. Interment followed at Broaddus Cemetery.

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, November 1, 1995, Page 9