Doyle Beard

Click here to view Video Memorial TributeDoyle Beard, age 88, passed away Friday morning, January 1, 2010 at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS. Funeral Services for Mr. Beard will be 2:30 pm Sunday, January 3, 2010 at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS. Interment to follow at Harmontown Cemetery in Como, MS. Visitation will be 11:00 am - 2:30 pm Sunday prior to the service. Mr. Beard was a retired truck driver for Yellow Freight having worked for approximately 35 years. He was a Baptist and loved fishing, hunting, gardening, boating and especially had a love for dogs. He was preceded in death by his mother, Myrtle Beard and his wife, Ruby Ruth Pace Beard. Survivors include his son, Doyle Beard, Jr. of Como, MS; daughters, Lynn Beard Tomlin of Cleveland, TN and Billie Beard Holden of Como, MS; grandchildren, Stacy Tomlin Giordano and Wade Tomlin both of Cleveland, TN. Pallbearers will be Len Tomlin, Pete Tomlin, Wade Tomlin, Lee Rhodes, Billy Jones, Johnathan Campbell & Lynn Beard Tomlin. Honorary Pallbearers will be Allen Tomlin and Steve Beavers.