Howard Beard

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Mr. Howard Beard, 96, of Blytheville, died June 9, 2015 at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Born March 20, 1919, in Okolona, Ark. to the late Lawson Beard, Sr. and Mary Jones Beard, he was a farm worker of the Jehovah's Witness faith that loved to hunt and loved children.

In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Mary Lou Hendrix Beard, one step-son Thomas Beard and one granddaughter, Brenda Beard.

Mr. Beard leaves four grandchildren, and a host of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 20, at Wilson Funeral Home in Osceola with Pastor Robert Beard officiating. Burial will follow at Whiteside Cemetery. The family will also receive visitors from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, June 19 at Wilson Funeral Home in Osceola.