Biography of
Raymond Cameron Beard
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Raymond Cameron Beard (Ray) worked as welder in Navy Yard in Portsmouth, VA. He attended school in Daniels, WV and Shady Springs. He went to Berea College in Berea, KT. He worked with Boy Scouts - 15 years was Scout master 5 years. Member of the Moose Lodge #898 - 30 years.
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 Ralph Beard (Center) with brother Guy and brother Ray Beard. Unknown Year (about 1942)
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 Ray Beard, Circa 1977 |
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References
| Obituary - Ray Cameron Beard - 51 of Chesapeake, VA died Wednesday, March 21, 1979, in a Portsmouth Hospital. he was a native of West Virginia. He was a ship fitter inspector at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, were he worked 33 years. He was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II. He was a member of Court Street Baptist Church, member of the Portsmouth Moose Lodge 898 and assistant scout master of Boy Scout Troop 215. Surviving are his wife, Ella U. Beard, two daughters, Mrs. Gail L. Montgomery of Portsmouth, VA and Miss Lynette Faye Beard, at home; a son Donald R. Beard of Chesapeake, two brothers; Ralph J. Beard of Dallas Pennsylvania and Guy W. Beard of Leslie, Arkansas, and a granddaughter. Funeral services were held Friday in Snellings Funeral Home Chapel at Portsmouth by Dr. Wilbur l. Kersey. Boy Scouts of Troop 215 were pallbearers. Burial was in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. |
