Charles “Ed” Beard, 62, of Tennga Georgia, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2015 in a local health care facility.
Ed was preceded in death by his wife, Deanna Prince Beard; his father, Joe Raymond Beard; and two daughters, Dalen Deann Beard and Dorothy Lee Beard.
Ed was a well-known mechanic and was of the Baptist faith.
He is survived by his sons, Joseph Roy “Joe” Beard and his wife Michelle of Benton, Edison Kyle “Eddie” Beard and his wife Christine of Cleveland; grandchildren, Seth, Caylie, Kaitlin “Dot”, and Bryson Beard; his mother, Beulah Lee Hardin Beard; sisters, Judy Jones and her husband Alvin of Cisco, GA, JoAnn Manis and her husband Tony of Crandall GA and Charlotte Ridley and her husband Ernie of Chatsworth; brothers, George Beard and his wife Freda of Old Fort and J.C. Beard and his wife Holly of Tennga, GA.
A Remembrance of Life service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 25 at the Wildwood Ave. Chapel of the Jim Rush Funeral Homes with Pastor Charles Moore officiating. The interment will follow in Boanerges Baptist Church cemetery with Matt Jones, Josh Manis, Daniel Reagan, Nick Davenport, Holden Bowman and Austin Ridley serving as casketbearers.
The family will receive friends Friday, July 24 from 5-8 p.m. at the Jim Rush Funeral Home, who has charge of the arrangements.