Dr. Earl Craig Beard, DDS
February 2, 1927 - July 5, 2016
Obituary for Dr. Earl Craig Beard, DDS
Funeral services for Dr. Earl Craig Beard, DDS, 89, of Kingston will be held Thursday, July 7, 2016, at Kyker Funeral Home.
Friends are invited for visitation from 1:30-3:00 pm, with funeral services beginning at 3:00 pm. Graveside interment to follow at Roane Memorial Gardens.
Dr. Earl Craig Beard was born February 2nd, 1927, to Earl Reece Beard and Robbie Mae Pittman Beard of Lake Village, Arkansas. He entered this temporary home with his twin brother, Pittman Beard. The two spent 89 years together as best friends and loving brothers to their little sister, Lillian.
Dr. Beard graduated from Arkansas A & M with a degree in Forestry. He continued his education, earning a Doctorate of Dental Surgery Degree from the University of Tennessee Memphis in 1961. He went on to open a local practice happily serving his community of Kingston TN for 51 years.
He was a faithful member of First Baptist Church, an avid fisherman, and a loving husband, father, brother, grandfather, and uncle, and a member of Union Lodge #38 F. & A.M.
He was predeceased by his parents Earl Reece Beard and Robbie Mae Pittman Beard and his loving wife of 59 years, Dr. Carolyn A. Beard.
He is survived by his son, Reece Beard, Daughter and Son-in-law, Delia and Carlos Zamarripa, grandchildren: Sherrill Rhea, Sherrie Beard, Austin and Holly Zamarripa, his twin brother and sister-in-law, Pittman and Mary Ruth Beard, his sister, Lillian Moorefield, and many special nieces and nephews.
Dr. Beard passed peacefully Tuesday, July 5th at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.
His absence leaves the world in which he thrived with a void, but after 89 years, and accolades of selfless-sacrifice, fueled by mountains of success, distinguished by the Christian example he always set, he will echo in the hearts of everyone he touched.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Delia C. Anderson Library c/o First Baptist Church, 215 N. Kentucky Street Kingston, TN 37763.
February 2, 1927 - July 5, 2016
Obituary for Dr. Earl Craig Beard, DDS
Funeral services for Dr. Earl Craig Beard, DDS, 89, of Kingston will be held Thursday, July 7, 2016, at Kyker Funeral Home.
Friends are invited for visitation from 1:30-3:00 pm, with funeral services beginning at 3:00 pm. Graveside interment to follow at Roane Memorial Gardens.
Dr. Earl Craig Beard was born February 2nd, 1927, to Earl Reece Beard and Robbie Mae Pittman Beard of Lake Village, Arkansas. He entered this temporary home with his twin brother, Pittman Beard. The two spent 89 years together as best friends and loving brothers to their little sister, Lillian.
Dr. Beard graduated from Arkansas A & M with a degree in Forestry. He continued his education, earning a Doctorate of Dental Surgery Degree from the University of Tennessee Memphis in 1961. He went on to open a local practice happily serving his community of Kingston TN for 51 years.
He was a faithful member of First Baptist Church, an avid fisherman, and a loving husband, father, brother, grandfather, and uncle, and a member of Union Lodge #38 F. & A.M.
He was predeceased by his parents Earl Reece Beard and Robbie Mae Pittman Beard and his loving wife of 59 years, Dr. Carolyn A. Beard.
He is survived by his son, Reece Beard, Daughter and Son-in-law, Delia and Carlos Zamarripa, grandchildren: Sherrill Rhea, Sherrie Beard, Austin and Holly Zamarripa, his twin brother and sister-in-law, Pittman and Mary Ruth Beard, his sister, Lillian Moorefield, and many special nieces and nephews.
Dr. Beard passed peacefully Tuesday, July 5th at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.
His absence leaves the world in which he thrived with a void, but after 89 years, and accolades of selfless-sacrifice, fueled by mountains of success, distinguished by the Christian example he always set, he will echo in the hearts of everyone he touched.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Delia C. Anderson Library c/o First Baptist Church, 215 N. Kentucky Street Kingston, TN 37763.
Dr. Earl Craig Beard, DDS
February 2, 1927 - July 5, 2016
Obituary for Dr. Earl Craig Beard, DDS
Funeral services for Dr. Earl Craig Beard, DDS, 89, of Kingston will be held Thursday, July 7, 2016, at Kyker Funeral Home.
Friends are invited for visitation from 1:30-3:00 pm, with funeral services beginning at 3:00 pm. Graveside interment to follow at Roane Memorial Gardens.
Dr. Earl Craig Beard was born February 2nd, 1927, to Earl Reece Beard and Robbie Mae Pittman Beard of Lake Village, Arkansas. He entered this temporary home with his twin brother, Pittman Beard. The two spent 89 years together as best friends and loving brothers to their little sister, Lillian.
Dr. Beard graduated from Arkansas A & M with a degree in Forestry. He continued his education, earning a Doctorate of Dental Surgery Degree from the University of Tennessee Memphis in 1961. He went on to open a local practice happily serving his community of Kingston TN for 51 years.
He was a faithful member of First Baptist Church, an avid fisherman, and a loving husband, father, brother, grandfather, and uncle, and a member of Union Lodge #38 F. & A.M.
He was predeceased by his parents Earl Reece Beard and Robbie Mae Pittman Beard and his loving wife of 59 years, Dr. Carolyn A. Beard.
He is survived by his son, Reece Beard, Daughter and Son-in-law, Delia and Carlos Zamarripa, grandchildren: Sherrill Rhea, Sherrie Beard, Austin and Holly Zamarripa, his twin brother and sister-in-law, Pittman and Mary Ruth Beard, his sister, Lillian Moorefield, and many special nieces and nephews.
Dr. Beard passed peacefully Tuesday, July 5th at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.
His absence leaves the world in which he thrived with a void, but after 89 years, and accolades of selfless-sacrifice, fueled by mountains of success, distinguished by the Christian example he always set, he will echo in the hearts of everyone he touched.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Delia C. Anderson Library c/o First Baptist Church, 215 N. Kentucky Street Kingston, TN 37763.
February 2, 1927 - July 5, 2016
Obituary for Dr. Earl Craig Beard, DDS
Funeral services for Dr. Earl Craig Beard, DDS, 89, of Kingston will be held Thursday, July 7, 2016, at Kyker Funeral Home.
Friends are invited for visitation from 1:30-3:00 pm, with funeral services beginning at 3:00 pm. Graveside interment to follow at Roane Memorial Gardens.
Dr. Earl Craig Beard was born February 2nd, 1927, to Earl Reece Beard and Robbie Mae Pittman Beard of Lake Village, Arkansas. He entered this temporary home with his twin brother, Pittman Beard. The two spent 89 years together as best friends and loving brothers to their little sister, Lillian.
Dr. Beard graduated from Arkansas A & M with a degree in Forestry. He continued his education, earning a Doctorate of Dental Surgery Degree from the University of Tennessee Memphis in 1961. He went on to open a local practice happily serving his community of Kingston TN for 51 years.
He was a faithful member of First Baptist Church, an avid fisherman, and a loving husband, father, brother, grandfather, and uncle, and a member of Union Lodge #38 F. & A.M.
He was predeceased by his parents Earl Reece Beard and Robbie Mae Pittman Beard and his loving wife of 59 years, Dr. Carolyn A. Beard.
He is survived by his son, Reece Beard, Daughter and Son-in-law, Delia and Carlos Zamarripa, grandchildren: Sherrill Rhea, Sherrie Beard, Austin and Holly Zamarripa, his twin brother and sister-in-law, Pittman and Mary Ruth Beard, his sister, Lillian Moorefield, and many special nieces and nephews.
Dr. Beard passed peacefully Tuesday, July 5th at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.
His absence leaves the world in which he thrived with a void, but after 89 years, and accolades of selfless-sacrifice, fueled by mountains of success, distinguished by the Christian example he always set, he will echo in the hearts of everyone he touched.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Delia C. Anderson Library c/o First Baptist Church, 215 N. Kentucky Street Kingston, TN 37763.
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