A funeral service for Ervin Richard Bearden, age 88, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 2:00 pm, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at the Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Leroy Reeves and Rev Ed Dodd officiating. A Masonic and a military graveside service will follow at Tira Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Monday, August 12, 2013 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Ervin Richard Bearden passed away Saturday afternoon, August 10, 2013 at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Ladonia on June 8, 1925, the son of Thomas H. Bearden and Hazel Jane (Corne) Bearden. He married Sally Oleta Weir in Tyler October 9, 1948; she survives. He was a retired office manager for the Texas Employment Commission. He was a member of Tira United Methodist Church. He served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He was a Master Mason with the Sulphur Bluff Masonic Lodge, a former district deputy grandmaster, a 32nd degree Mason, a York Rite Mason, a Hella Temple Shriner, a former fire chief of Tira Volunteer Fire Department and a former city council member of Tira. Other survivors include: sister, Katherine Thompson and brother Tom Bearden, Jr., both of Grand Prairie and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by sister, Mildren Haynes and two brothers, Aldon Bearden and Weldon Bearden. Memorials may be made to the Tira Cemetery Association.
A funeral service for Ervin Richard Bearden, age 88, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 2:00 pm, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at the Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Leroy Reeves and Rev Ed Dodd officiating. A Masonic and a military graveside service will follow at Tira Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Monday, August 12, 2013 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Ervin Richard Bearden passed away Saturday afternoon, August 10, 2013 at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Ladonia on June 8, 1925, the son of Thomas H. Bearden and Hazel Jane (Corne) Bearden. He married Sally Oleta Weir in Tyler October 9, 1948; she survives. He was a retired office manager for the Texas Employment Commission. He was a member of Tira United Methodist Church. He served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He was a Master Mason with the Sulphur Bluff Masonic Lodge, a former district deputy grandmaster, a 32nd degree Mason, a York Rite Mason, a Hella Temple Shriner, a former fire chief of Tira Volunteer Fire Department and a former city council member of Tira. Other survivors include: sister, Katherine Thompson and brother Tom Bearden, Jr., both of Grand Prairie and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by sister, Mildren Haynes and two brothers, Aldon Bearden and Weldon Bearden. Memorials may be made to the Tira Cemetery Association.
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