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Submitted: 5/9/21 • Approved: 5/11/21 • Last Updated: 5/14/21 • R417424-G417423-S3
1914-1948
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
GREEN COUNTY KENTUCKY OBITUARY – 1948
Mrs. Mary M. Beard, 33, Texhoma Camp #22, died Wednesday, March 17 [1948] in the North Plains Hospital as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident the previous Sunday. Cause of death was given as internal injuries, crushed ribs and a broken pelvic bond. Mrs. Beard was riding in a car driven by her husband, Ed P. Beard, when there was a head-on collision with the automobile driven by Harley Ayler, Gulf Camp, who has been charged with driving while intoxicated. Two sons, Eddie Joe, 12 and Leonard Leon, 5, received cuts on the head, and Beard was bruised across the chest. A third son, George Dale, 10, was not injured.
Besides her husband and sons, Mrs. Beard is survived by her parents, Mr. & Mrs. S.M. Gowen, Greensburg, a sister, Mrs. Pauline Jones, Shively and 3 brothers, Junior & Carl Gowen, both of Louisville and William Ralph Gowen, Hodgenville.
Mrs. Jones and Carl Gowen attended the funeral services, which were held March 20 in the chapel of the Minton Funeral Home. Interment was in the Highland Park Cemetery. Pallbearers were J.G. Bohart, G.W. Biggs, L.W. Metcalf, H.E. Jacobson, E.L. Sylor and W.D. Swann.
Green County Obit furnished by Mary Hardesty Chism
Contributed on 5/9/21
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