Obituary of Dennis Beard

Dennis Guam Beard WEST COLUMBIA:Funeral service for Dennis Guam Beard, 63, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 3, 2011, in the Chapel of Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington, officiated by Rev. Tim Sieberhagen. Interment will follow at Southland Memorial Gardens. Serving as pallbearers will be Rick Vaughan, Forrest Byrd, Jack Kaigler, Jay Jones, Kendal Jumper and Kolby Jumper. Honorary pallbearers will be the Ehrhardt Motor Company and The Rebels Softball Team. The family will receive friends from 6 until 9 p.m. this (SATURDAY) evening at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Kitti Wake Baptist Church, 420 Kitti Wake Dr., West Columbia, SC 29170 or Morningside Baptist Church, 112 Bates Ave., Union, SC 29379. Mr. Beard died Thursday, March 31, 2011. Born in Orangeburg, SC, he was a son of the late George Ervin Beard, Sr., and Helen Miriam Squires Beard. He served in the U.S. Army; and he attended Kitti Wake Baptist Church. Mr. Beard was a 1965 graduate of Union High School; an avid hunter; baseball and softball player. He was also a diehard Gamecock Fan and a lifetime supporter. He was the owner of University Books, at Francis Marion in Florence and retired from the S.C. Bookstore in 1996. Mr. Beard was a devoted and loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle. Survivors include: his wife, Kay (Mull) Beard; daughter Kim Beard Huneycutt; son, Rodney Beard (Aubrie) all of West Columbia; sisters, Linda Beard Smith and George Anne Beard Osborne (Wayne) all of Union; brother, George Ervin Beard, Jr. of West Columbia; grandchildren, Kayla Huneycutt, Gracie Beard and Sophie Beard all of West Columbia; half-sister, Jewel Ann McAlister. Mr. Beard was preceded in death by a son, Lawrence Travis Beard. Family and friends may sign online guest book at www.thompsonsfuneral.com