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James Leonard “Buddy” Beard II

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James Leonard “Buddy” Beard II Veteran

Birth
Mississippi, USA
Death
10 Nov 2009 (aged 80)
Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
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Funeral services for James L. "Buddy" Beard will be held on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at the Clayton Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. Britt Lesley and James Beard III with burial following in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Hugo, Oklahoma. Buddy passed away at his home on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 in Hugo, OK at the age of 80.

James L. "Buddy" Beard II was born December 27, 1928 in Corinth, Mississippi the son of James Leonard and Lillian Esteen (Stacks) Beard, Sr. He has lived in the Hugo community since 1930. Buddy served in the U.S. Army Ameds as a Staff Sergeant from 1951 to 1953. He was a Pharmacist for Sooner Drug and City Drug for fifty years in Hugo. Buddy was a member of the Clayton Ave Baptist Church of Hugo. Buddy is preceded in death by his parents; his wife: Mary Lou (Jennings) Beard; two sisters: Rose Mary McAlister, Shirley Ann Chesney; and a great granddaughter: Saige Naysa Price.

Surviving relatives include two sons: James Beard and wife Tonya of Andrews, TX, Don Duane Beard and wife Sheila of Hugo, OK; two daughters: Kay Spear and husband Richard of Hugo, OK, Janice Hines of Memphis, TN; eleven grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; two brothers: Kenneth Beard of Hugo, OK, Don Beard of Texas; four sisters: Linda Weber of Tulsa, OK, Barbara Adams of Paris, TX, Hallene Foster of Hugo, OK, Jean Smith of Texarkana, TX.

The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6:00-7:00 p.m. in the Prater-Lampton-Mills & Coffey Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be given to the American Cancer Society.
Funeral services for James L. "Buddy" Beard will be held on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at the Clayton Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. Britt Lesley and James Beard III with burial following in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Hugo, Oklahoma. Buddy passed away at his home on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 in Hugo, OK at the age of 80.

James L. "Buddy" Beard II was born December 27, 1928 in Corinth, Mississippi the son of James Leonard and Lillian Esteen (Stacks) Beard, Sr. He has lived in the Hugo community since 1930. Buddy served in the U.S. Army Ameds as a Staff Sergeant from 1951 to 1953. He was a Pharmacist for Sooner Drug and City Drug for fifty years in Hugo. Buddy was a member of the Clayton Ave Baptist Church of Hugo. Buddy is preceded in death by his parents; his wife: Mary Lou (Jennings) Beard; two sisters: Rose Mary McAlister, Shirley Ann Chesney; and a great granddaughter: Saige Naysa Price.

Surviving relatives include two sons: James Beard and wife Tonya of Andrews, TX, Don Duane Beard and wife Sheila of Hugo, OK; two daughters: Kay Spear and husband Richard of Hugo, OK, Janice Hines of Memphis, TN; eleven grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; two brothers: Kenneth Beard of Hugo, OK, Don Beard of Texas; four sisters: Linda Weber of Tulsa, OK, Barbara Adams of Paris, TX, Hallene Foster of Hugo, OK, Jean Smith of Texarkana, TX.

The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6:00-7:00 p.m. in the Prater-Lampton-Mills & Coffey Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be given to the American Cancer Society.


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