Obituary, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana --Catherine Hoyle Tomkies Beard
Submitted by: Nancy Wilson 
Source: DeSoto Parish GenWeb 

---------------------------------


**********************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm
**********************************************


----------------------------------------------------

Headline is: Necrological   

Mrs. Catherine Hoyle Tomkies Beard 

Died at Auburnia, her home in Kingston, La., at 7 p.m. Thursday, 
November 15, 1917, Mrs. Catherine Hoyle Tomkies Beard, widow of Col. 
James H. Beard, who was killed at the Battle of Mansfield. Mrs. 
Beard was born July 4, 1835, in Hoylesville, Lincoln county, N.C. 
She came with her parents, John Francis Tomkies and Margaret Tomkies, 
to Kingston when quite a young girl, where her father built a 
beautiful home and where she married and lived and died. She leaves 
a devoted daughter, Mrs. Robert Hall Scott, from whom she has never 
been separated; two grandsons, Rembert and Rochell Scott; three great 
grandsons, Reese, Robin, and Harold Scott, of New Orleans. She also 
leaves eight nephews and nieces, including Miss Isabell Billiu, who 
has been almost a daughter; Russell and Garnett Billiu, Goodwyn Tomkies 
and Mrs. Sallie Tomkies-Lancaster; two great nephews, Tomkies and Sidney 
Lancaster; one great niece, Anna Virginia Tomkies, and one great-great 
niece, little Mary Louise Lancaster. Before the Civil War Mrs. Beard 
lived in Shreveport, her husband being in business (t)here, her home 
being the present Leman home. 

Mrs. Beard has been an invalid for a number of years, caused from a fall. 
She was a person of wonderful charm and possessed a remarkable memory. 
She never grew old in her thoughts or mind. She felt the greatest interest 
and pleasure in her relatives and friends and took the keenest interest in 
all the questions of the day. She was a devout member of the Presbyterian 
church and a member of the U.D.C. The Kate Beard Chapter of Mansfield is 
named for her. 

She was laid to rest at 3 p.m. Thursday, November 16, 1917, in Evergreen 
cemetery. The pallbearers were: L. S. Frierson, Bemis Scott, Ashton Scott, 
James Scott, Hersey Riggs and Garnett Billiu. Many beautiful flowers proved 
the love of friends. She will live always in the hearts of her family and 
her friends. 

submitted by Nancy Wilson