Payne Co. OK. obit for: Gilbert Beard Jr. *********************************************************************** Posted to Payne Co. OK Archives 3/23/2003 http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/payne/payneobits.html Submitted by: Claudia Thiry, workfarm@wiredok.com ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Published Thursday, April 12, 2001 on page A3 Copyright c1998-2003 The Ponca City News *********************************************************************** Gilbert Beard Jr. PAWNEE -- Gilbert Beard Jr., longtime resident of Pawnee, died Tuesday, April 10, 2001, in Pawnee. He was 49. A funeral is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, April 13, in the Pawnee Tribal Roundhouse in Pawnee with burial in the North Indian Cemetery under the direction of Poteet Funeral Home. Gilbert Beard Jr. was born Nov. 28, 1951, in Pawnee, the son of Gilbert Beard Sr. and Mabel Leading Fox Beard. He was affiliated with the Native American Church. Survivors include two daughters, Kit Naomi Beard and JoAnne Carole Beard, both of El Reno; five sisters, Sharon Kay Beard, Johnnie Mae Tiger, Robin Pickering and Alba Jo Beard, all of Pawnee, and Lena Beard of Stillwater; three brothers, William Lee Beard of Pawnee, Lorenzo Beard of Moore and Jake Beard of El Reno; six granddaughters; and a number of other relatives. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Kit Naomi Beard and Kip Naomi Beard; and a brother, Jimmy Dale Beard. *********************************************************************** This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright c 2003 by the submitter noted above. ***********************************************************************