J. Emmett Beyers of Bedford, IN, died Thursday, December 31, 1998, at Dunn Memorial Hospital. Born on March 14, 1910, in Lawrence County, he was the son of Howard and Olive (Fish) Beyers. He married Dorothy Taylor on April 16, 1933, and she survives.
Also surviving are two daughters: Jacqueline Bailey and Kay Whitaker, both of Bedford,; a brother, Richard Beyers, California; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Mae Fern McMorris and one in infancy; and a brother, Bill Beyers.
He was the former owner of the Gulf Service Station, Bedford, and owned and operated Beyers Hardware. He had also been a delivery man for Johnson Creamery and a salesman for Elmex Corporation when he retired in 1975. He was a member of the Free Methodist Church, Bedford, and served on several boards at the local level and was the conference delegate for the church for many years. He was a founding member of the Bedford Jaycees and a three-term Bedford City Councilman. He also sang in the Lite Line Quartet.
Services for J. Emmett Beyers will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday, January 4, 1999, at Day & Carter Mortuary with the Reverend Reed Beard officiating. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery.
Also surviving are two daughters: Jacqueline Bailey and Kay Whitaker, both of Bedford,; a brother, Richard Beyers, California; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Mae Fern McMorris and one in infancy; and a brother, Bill Beyers.
He was the former owner of the Gulf Service Station, Bedford, and owned and operated Beyers Hardware. He had also been a delivery man for Johnson Creamery and a salesman for Elmex Corporation when he retired in 1975. He was a member of the Free Methodist Church, Bedford, and served on several boards at the local level and was the conference delegate for the church for many years. He was a founding member of the Bedford Jaycees and a three-term Bedford City Councilman. He also sang in the Lite Line Quartet.
Services for J. Emmett Beyers will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday, January 4, 1999, at Day & Carter Mortuary with the Reverend Reed Beard officiating. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery.
J. Emmett Beyers of Bedford, IN, died Thursday, December 31, 1998, at Dunn Memorial Hospital. Born on March 14, 1910, in Lawrence County, he was the son of Howard and Olive (Fish) Beyers. He married Dorothy Taylor on April 16, 1933, and she survives.
Also surviving are two daughters: Jacqueline Bailey and Kay Whitaker, both of Bedford,; a brother, Richard Beyers, California; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Mae Fern McMorris and one in infancy; and a brother, Bill Beyers.
He was the former owner of the Gulf Service Station, Bedford, and owned and operated Beyers Hardware. He had also been a delivery man for Johnson Creamery and a salesman for Elmex Corporation when he retired in 1975. He was a member of the Free Methodist Church, Bedford, and served on several boards at the local level and was the conference delegate for the church for many years. He was a founding member of the Bedford Jaycees and a three-term Bedford City Councilman. He also sang in the Lite Line Quartet.
Services for J. Emmett Beyers will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday, January 4, 1999, at Day & Carter Mortuary with the Reverend Reed Beard officiating. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery.
Also surviving are two daughters: Jacqueline Bailey and Kay Whitaker, both of Bedford,; a brother, Richard Beyers, California; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Mae Fern McMorris and one in infancy; and a brother, Bill Beyers.
He was the former owner of the Gulf Service Station, Bedford, and owned and operated Beyers Hardware. He had also been a delivery man for Johnson Creamery and a salesman for Elmex Corporation when he retired in 1975. He was a member of the Free Methodist Church, Bedford, and served on several boards at the local level and was the conference delegate for the church for many years. He was a founding member of the Bedford Jaycees and a three-term Bedford City Councilman. He also sang in the Lite Line Quartet.
Services for J. Emmett Beyers will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday, January 4, 1999, at Day & Carter Mortuary with the Reverend Reed Beard officiating. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery.
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