TITLE:  Kelly Alden Beard

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, May 29, 2001

SUBMITTED:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED:  Kim Grissom, May 2001

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Kelly Alden Beard, 80, of Hanahan, a retired real estate broker, died Monday in a Charleston 
hospital. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, in Carolina Memorial Funeral 
Home. Burial will follow in Carolina Memorial Gardens. Born in Jayess, Miss., he was the son of 
Lewis J. Beard and Elizabeth Thornhill Beard. Mr. Beard retired from the U.S. Navy as a Master 
Chief and was a veteran of World War II, and Korea. He was a member of the Charleston Dog 
Training Club, Past President of the North Charleston Lions Club, a member of the Fleet Reserve, 
the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and was Past President of the Manufactured 
Housing Institute of Charleston. He was a Mason, a member of the York Rite and Omar Temple. 
Survivors include his wife, Virginia Louise DeWitt Beard; step-daughters, Barbara Rose of 
Summerville, Joyce DeWitt of Hanahan, and Gina Burgess of Ridgeville; step-sons, Willie DeWitt 
and Gary DeWitt, both of Charleston; nieces, Betty Martin and Barbara Estave, both of Summit, 
Miss., Louise Thames of Monticello, Miss., Lynda Kyzar of Murfresboro, Tenn., and Julia Frazier 
of Kentwood, La.; a nephew, Raymond Kyzar of Jayess, Miss.; step-grandchildren, Jude Kitchens, 
Fallon Rose and Brian DeWitt. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, 
May 29, 2001, at Carolina Memorial Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the 
American Cancer Society, 5900 Core Road, Suite 504, North Charleston, S.C. 29406. Arrangements 
by CAROLINA MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, 7113 Rivers Ave., North Charleston, S.C. (The Post and 
Courier May 29, 2001)

BEARD, Kelly YORK RITE BODIES: THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS are invited to attend the funeral 
services for our late member, Kelly A. Beard, at CAROLINA MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, this 
Wednesday, May 30, 2001, at 11 a.m. Henry E. Bailey, Secretary- Recorder (The Post and Courier
May 30,2001)

BEARD, Kelly OMAR TEMPLE: A.A.O.N.M.S. ATTENTION NOBLES: You are invited to attend the funeral 
services for our late Noble, Kelly Alden Beard, at CAROLINA MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME on Wednesday, 
May 30, 2001, at 11 a.m. By order of: James W. Bethea, Potentate Verle I. Bohrn, Recorder, P.P. 
(The Post and Courier May 30, 2001)



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