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Submitted: 5/9/21 • Approved: 5/11/21 • Last Updated: 5/14/21 • R417428-G417426-S3
Ray L.
December 17, 1879-July 18, 1953
Father
Rosella
December 19, 1893-May 28, 1951
Mother
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Ray
Ray L. Beard, 73, pioneer Borgan, died at the home of a daughter in Cooper, Tex., early Saturday morning.
Coming to Borger in 1926, Beard later was a member of the Borger police force. He was a member of Isom Masonic Lodge 1242 and of the Baptist church.
Survivors include his daughter, Mrs. Dale Stockton of Cooper; an adopted son, Adrian Parker of Minneapolis; a sister, Mrs. Mable Miller of Clear Lake, Iowa; a brother, Jim of Charles City, Iowa, and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Monday morning at 10 o'clock at the chapel in the Blackburn-Shaw-Brown funeral home with the Rev. Clifton Tennison, pastor of the Calvary Baptist church officiating.
Interment will be in the local cemetery, with graveside rites in charge of the Isom Lodge 1242.
Masons are requested to be at the lodge hall at 9 a.m. Monday.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Sunday, July 19, 1953)
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Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1940
Name: Ray Leroy Beard
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1879
Birth Place: Bassett, Chickasaw, Iowa, USA
Father: Martin Van Buren Beard
Mother: Fannie Ashley
Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937
Name: Ray L Beard
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian (White)
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1879
Birth Place: Deerfield Chickasaw Co., Iowa
Marriage Date: 26 Sep 1906
Marriage Place: Chickasaw, Iowa, USA
Father: Martin V Beard
Mother: Fanny Ashley
Spouse: Maud R Tucker
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Ray Leroy Beard
Death Date: 18 Jul 1953
Death County: Delta
Certificate: 35287
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Ray Leroy Beard
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1879
Birth Place: Bassett, Iowa
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Enloe, Delta, Texas
Father: Martin Beard
Mother: Fannie Ashley
Age at Death: 73
Death Date: 18 Jul 1953
Death Place: Enloe, Delta, Texas, USA
*Obituary Rosella
Services will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the Calvary Baptist Church for Mrs. Rosella Beard, 58, who died at Enlow, Texas Monday afternoon.
Mar. Beard, a resident of this area for more than 20 years, had made her home in Enlow for the past several months.
Survivors include her daughter and her husband, Ray Beard, also of Enlow.
Mrs. Beard was a past matron, Order of the Eastern Star No. 811 Borger, a past oracle of the Royal Neighbors, a past noble grand of the Rebekah Lodge, Borger, and a member of the Women of the Moose.
The body will arrive in Borger Wednesday morning and will rest at the Blackburn-Shaw-Brown Funeral home until time for the services.
Rev. Jeff Moore, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, will officiate the service. Interment will be made in Highland Park cemetery under the auspices of the past noble grands of the Order of the Eastern Star. Members of the Rebekah Lodge will be honorary bearers and the officers of the Eastern Star will serve as flower bearers.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Tuesday, May 29, 1951, p1, c6)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Mrs Ray L Beard
[Mrs Ray L Griggs]
Birth Date: 19 Dec 1892
Birth Place: Kansas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Enloe, Delta, Texas
Father: George Griggs
Mother: Maudie Fax [sic]
Age at Death: 58
Death Date: 28 May 1951
Death Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, USA
Contributed on 5/9/21
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