Clyde E. Beard
November 24, 1939 - October 19, 2013

Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home 943 Highway 425 North Monticello, AR 71655 Map & Directions Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home 943 Highway 425 North Monticello ,  AR 71657 10/21/2013 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm Map & Directions Funeral Service Rose Hill Free Will Baptist Church Hwy 35 West Monticello ,  AR 71655 10/22/2013 at 11:00 AM Map & Directions   Oakland Cemetery 300 North Hyatt St. Monticello, AR 71655 Map & Directions

Clyde Evans Beard, age 73, of Monticello, passed away Saturday, October 19, 2013 at the Drew Memorial Hospital in Monticello. Born November 24, 1939 in Monticello, AR, he was the son of the late J. B. Beard and Carrie Bea Clemons Beard.

He worked in the auto parts business in England, Monticello and Warren for fifty years, was a U. S. Army Veteran from 1957 to 1963, served in National Guard/Army Reserve and was an Arkansas Game & Fish Commission Hunters Safety Instructor for many years. Mr. Beard was a member of Rose Hill Free Will Baptist Church where he served as deacon, Sunday School Superintendent and teacher and also assisted with the C. T. S. Program and the bus ministry. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Johnny Lee Beard and Ronald Gene Beard.

He is survived by his wife, whom he married December 21, 1962 in England, AR, Sharon Woodward Beard of Monticello; one son, Darwin Beard of Monticello; one daughter, D’Edra Ashworth of Monticello; two sisters, Edie Webb of Siloam Springs and Martha Ryburn of Monticello; one grandson, Darrin Armstrong; one granddaughter, Sarah McKinstry; and two great grandchildren, MacKenzie and Jadyne Armstrong.