Edna Grant Beard Obituary, 1888, Ashley County, Arkansas *********************************************************** Submitted by: Sandra Fuller Fisher - G-g-g-cousin Date: 12 Apr 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/ashley/ashley.htm *********************************************************** Edna Grant Beard July 28, 1888 Arkansas Methodist ARKANSAS METHODIST, JULY 28, 1888 OBIT. BEARD - MRS. EDNA BEARD (SEE GRANT) WAS BORN JUNE 18, 1870 AND DIED DECEMBER 28, 1887. SISTER BEARD WAS A TRULY GOOD WOMAN, LOVE BY ALL WHO KNEW HER AND ESPECIALLY DEAR TO THE GRANDPARENTS SHE LIVED UNTIL HER MARRIAGE IN 1886. SHE JOINED THE CHURCH IN 1884 WHILE BRO. C. M. KEITH WAS HER PASTOR, THOUGH SHE NEVER PROFESSED RELIGON UNTIL 1886 AT KENNER CAMPGROUND. SHE WAS READY TO DIE ON HER DEATH BED EXHORTED HER HUSBAND AND FRIENDS TO MEET HER IN HEAVEN. SHE WAS A FAITHFUL EFREVENT CHRISTIAN WORKER AND GOD HATH REWARDED HER ACCORDING AS SHE DESERVED. GOD GRANT THAT THIS GRIEVOUS AFFICTION MAY PROVE A BLESSING EVEN IN THIS LIFE. 'FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVETH HE CHASTENETH AND SCOUGETH EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVETH.