This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Karen_Jorgensen Surnames: Beard, Wade, Lowe, Maden, Tucker, McGinnis, Davenport, Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.green/17470/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Guy W. Beard, 94, of 38 Ave. A, Hilltop Mobile Homes, Bloomington, Illinois, died Monday, February 23, 1998, at his residence. His funeral was Thursday, February 26, at Metzler-Froelich Memorial Home, Bloomington, with Vernon L, Oakley officiating. Entombment was in the East Lawn Mausoleum, Bloomington. Memorials may be made to the Community Cancer Center or Prairie Aviation Museum. Mr. Beard was born September 13, 1903, at Milltown, son of Clem and Nancy Wade Beard. He married Vetrie Mildred Lowe on September 21, 1927, at Greensburg. She died February 23, 1992. Survivors include three daughters, Louie (Bill) Maden of Yakima, Washington; Carol Beard, 1911 Tracy Drive, Bloomington, Illinois; and Rita (Cap) Miller, 1301 Thirteenth St., Hilltop Mobile Homes, Bloomington, Illinois; three sons, Willard (Bette) Beard of Lake Alfred, Florida; Dennis (Wannie) Beard, Bloomington, Illinois; and Dale (Marilyn) Beard, Lexington; three sisters, Margaret Tucker of Port Orange, Florida; Pe! arl McGinnis and Gertrude Davenport, both of Greensburg; three brothers, Lucien Beard, Bloomington, Illinois; Abel Beard and Clem Taylor Beard, both of Greensburg; 13 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren; one step-grandson; and four step-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, one grandson, two brothers and two sisters. Mr. Beard farmed in Kentucky before he and his family moved to Illinois in 1936. He farmed in the LeRoy and Bloomington areas. He and his wife left farming in 1958 and bought a grocery store in Towanda, which they operated for four years. They moved to Lexington in 1962 and to Bloomington in 1990. Mr. Beard had also worked as a janitor for Admiral Corporation, retiring in 1973. He was a member of the McLean County Farm Bureau, Loyal Order of the Moose, Bloomington Lodge 745 and Prairie Aviation Museum. Obituaries of Green Co. Ky., Vol. 9, compiled by Eunice Montgomery Wright, p. 21 SSDI GUY BEARD; B: 13 Sep 1903; D: 23 Feb 1998; last residence 61704 (Bloomington, Mclean, IL); issued in Ill 1910 Ky. Miracode census index, ancestry.com Clem Beard; Enumeration District: 0044; Color: W; Age: 30; Birth Place: Kentucky; Visit: 0174; County: Green; Relation: Husband; Relatives: Wife Nannie 30, Kentucky; Son George 07, Kentucky Son Guy 06, Kentucky; Daughter Cleo 02, Kentucky; Son Lucian 01, Kentucky 1920 Green Co. KY. Census; GREENSBURG Series: T625 Roll: 572 Page: 26; Heritage Quest Census Images Clem Beard, 40, Ky; Nannie J., 40, Ky; Robert, 17, KY; Guy, 16, Ky; Cleo, dau, 12, KY; Lucy, dau, 10, KY; Gertrude, 7, KY; Pearl, 6, Ky; Abell, 4 3/12, Ky; Maryerette, 2 3/12, Ky; Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.