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Submitted: 2/20/23 • Approved: 2/22/23 • Last Updated: 2/25/23 • R562350-G0-S3
STAFF SERGEANT US Army Air Corps
World War II
June 2, 1922-April 22, 1998
*Photo, courtesy of Wanda M.
*Obituary
James L. Bearden, 75, of Andrews were died Wednesday, April 22, 1998, at his residence.
He was born June 2, 1922, in Hillsboro. He was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. He married Faye Hicks on March 21, 1945, in Lubbock. He attended Wayland Baptist University and graduated from Texas Tech University.
He was a registered sanitarian for the Texas Department of Health in Levelland and in Andrews from 1962 to 1985. He served on the Home Sweet Health Board in Andrews. He was a former member of the Andrews Toastmaster Club and Rotary Club. He was a member of the Texas Public Health Association and Texas Environmental Health Association. He was a deacon at First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Leighton of Grand Prairie; two daughters, DeLane Kuban and Karen Sandlin, both of Arlington; a brother, Kyle Bearden of Junction; and seven grandchildren.
Published by McNett Funeral Home
Contributed on 2/20/23 by neldapat
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