Funeral services for James B. Beaird, 56, Shreveport business man, who died Tuesday following an emergency operation last Friday, were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the First Methodist church with Dr. Dana Dawson, pastor, officiating. Interment was at Forest Park cemetery.
Mr. Beaird, at the time of his death, headed the corporation which bore his name. He was born in Tyler, Texas, on Sept. 2, 1883, and attended public schools there. He worked in the machine shops of the L. R. and N. and the L. and A. For a number of years previous to forming his own business he was associated with H. H. Bain.
He is survived by a daughter, Miss Pearl Beaird, and three sons, J. Pat, Walton and Charles, by his first wife, and a daughter, Maude Elizabeth, and a son, J. Benjamin, Jr., by his second wife. He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Georgia Beaird Alston, of Tyler, Texas, and two brothers, Charles E. and Thomas E., both of Shreveport. Mr. Beaird's first wife, Mrs. Mattie Ford Beaird, whom he married in 1907, died Aug. 30, 1922.
Pallbearers numbered more than a score of well-known local business men.
Published in The Shreveport Times (LA), Thursday, January 5, 1939
Mr. Beaird, at the time of his death, headed the corporation which bore his name. He was born in Tyler, Texas, on Sept. 2, 1883, and attended public schools there. He worked in the machine shops of the L. R. and N. and the L. and A. For a number of years previous to forming his own business he was associated with H. H. Bain.
He is survived by a daughter, Miss Pearl Beaird, and three sons, J. Pat, Walton and Charles, by his first wife, and a daughter, Maude Elizabeth, and a son, J. Benjamin, Jr., by his second wife. He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Georgia Beaird Alston, of Tyler, Texas, and two brothers, Charles E. and Thomas E., both of Shreveport. Mr. Beaird's first wife, Mrs. Mattie Ford Beaird, whom he married in 1907, died Aug. 30, 1922.
Pallbearers numbered more than a score of well-known local business men.
Published in The Shreveport Times (LA), Thursday, January 5, 1939
Funeral services for James B. Beaird, 56, Shreveport business man, who died Tuesday following an emergency operation last Friday, were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the First Methodist church with Dr. Dana Dawson, pastor, officiating. Interment was at Forest Park cemetery.
Mr. Beaird, at the time of his death, headed the corporation which bore his name. He was born in Tyler, Texas, on Sept. 2, 1883, and attended public schools there. He worked in the machine shops of the L. R. and N. and the L. and A. For a number of years previous to forming his own business he was associated with H. H. Bain.
He is survived by a daughter, Miss Pearl Beaird, and three sons, J. Pat, Walton and Charles, by his first wife, and a daughter, Maude Elizabeth, and a son, J. Benjamin, Jr., by his second wife. He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Georgia Beaird Alston, of Tyler, Texas, and two brothers, Charles E. and Thomas E., both of Shreveport. Mr. Beaird's first wife, Mrs. Mattie Ford Beaird, whom he married in 1907, died Aug. 30, 1922.
Pallbearers numbered more than a score of well-known local business men.
Published in The Shreveport Times (LA), Thursday, January 5, 1939
Mr. Beaird, at the time of his death, headed the corporation which bore his name. He was born in Tyler, Texas, on Sept. 2, 1883, and attended public schools there. He worked in the machine shops of the L. R. and N. and the L. and A. For a number of years previous to forming his own business he was associated with H. H. Bain.
He is survived by a daughter, Miss Pearl Beaird, and three sons, J. Pat, Walton and Charles, by his first wife, and a daughter, Maude Elizabeth, and a son, J. Benjamin, Jr., by his second wife. He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Georgia Beaird Alston, of Tyler, Texas, and two brothers, Charles E. and Thomas E., both of Shreveport. Mr. Beaird's first wife, Mrs. Mattie Ford Beaird, whom he married in 1907, died Aug. 30, 1922.
Pallbearers numbered more than a score of well-known local business men.
Published in The Shreveport Times (LA), Thursday, January 5, 1939
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