Mary Beard

December 22, 1941 - December 7, 2012

TO VIEW AND PRINT OBITUARIES OFF THIS SITE, CLICK ON RESOURCES, AND THE YEAR OF OBITUARY, THEN CLICK ON YOUR LOVED ONE'S NAME. Mary Jane Beard was born to the late John E. and Minnie Kirkendoll on December 22, 1941 in Lebanon, TN. She departed this life on December 7, 2012 at Skyline Alive Hospice in Madison, TN. Mary Jane received her education from Wilson County High School. She was a faithful member of Dowell Chapel United Methodist Church in Watertown, TN. She was preceded in death by her father, mother, and brother (Robert Dave Kirkendoll). She leaves to cherish her husband of 49 years, Wallace Reed Beard; three children: Ramona Beard, Winston (April) Beard, and Belinda Beard of Watertown, TN; one sister: Mattie Carter of Watertown, TN; one brother: John Ed Kirkendoll of Elyria, OH; four grandchildren: Blake Beard, Audrey Beard, Victoria Manning, and Seth Beard of Watertown, TN; one aunt: Maggie Francis of Chicago, IL; one uncle: Andrew Burns of Lebanon, TN; three brother-in-laws: Joe Beard of Delaware, OH; William T. Beard of Brooklyn, NY, and Readore Parson of Nashville, TN; sister-in-laws: Mary Helen Kirkendoll of Lebanon, TN, Rose Simms of Arlington, TX, and sister-in-law/ classmate Georgia Wooten of LaMarque, TX. Mary Jane leaves to cherish a host of devoted nieces and nephews, and four God-Grandchildren: Jasmine Pillow, Tiandria Redd, Maliyah Carter, and Dacio Carter. Also she leaves a special neighbor, Mary Douglas; devoted cousins: Peggy Bailey, Mary Huddleston, Earl Dirkson, Mary Lee (Fred) Hunter, and Robert Dockins. Devoted friends: Dorothy Ann Seay, Christine Wright, Nellene Horton, Paulette King, Gwen Bell, John Roy and Janie Carter and the entire Dowell Chapel United Methodist Church Family.