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Minnie Belle <I>Arndt</I> Beard

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Minnie Belle Arndt Beard

Birth
Catawba County, North Carolina, USA
Death
27 Dec 2008 (aged 97)
Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Minnie was fourth of seven children born to David Augustus 'Guss' and Mary Adeline (McRee) Arndt. She married Odell Yeake Beard and they were the parents of six children: Dorothy Belle, Mildred Adeline, Dorcas Eloise, Odell Wayne, Jerry Mack and Mary Kay.

Hickory Daily Record, Hickory, NC
Dec. 28, 2008

BURLINGTON - Minnie Arndt Beard, 97, formerly of Tucker Street, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008, at Alamance Regional Medical Center.
She was a native of Catawba County and the wife of the late Odell Yerke Beard.
Minnie was a homemaker and longtime member of the First Church of the Nazarene, where she received Mother of the Year in 1975. She was actively involved in her church, serving on various committees and singing in the church choir. Minnie served as a volunteer for Alamance County Meals on Wheels for many years. She also was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Kay and Jake Way of Burlington; sons, Wayne Beard of Hickory and Jerry Beard of Greensboro; 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband; daughter, Mildred Faucette and her husband, Luther Faucette; daughter-in-law, Nesta Beard; two infant daughters; grandson, Jerry Todd Beard; parents, David Augustus and Mary McRee Arndt; sisters, Nellie Starnes Kizziah, Sallie Arndt Herman and Edna Bowman Morris; and brothers, Henderson "Bud" Arndt and Marcus Arndt.
The Beard family would like to express their appreciation to the staff and nurses of ARMC, Alamance Health Care Center and Dr. Ernest Eason for their kindness to Minnie during her years of failing health.
The funeral service will be held Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, at 2 p.m. at the Lowe Funeral Home chapel by Pastor Darrel Kroeze. Burial will follow in Alamance Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m., prior to the service at the funeral home on Tuesday, and other times at the home of her daughter.
Memorials may be made to First Church of the Nazarene, 1410 Elder Way, Burlington, N.C. 27215.
Minnie was fourth of seven children born to David Augustus 'Guss' and Mary Adeline (McRee) Arndt. She married Odell Yeake Beard and they were the parents of six children: Dorothy Belle, Mildred Adeline, Dorcas Eloise, Odell Wayne, Jerry Mack and Mary Kay.

Hickory Daily Record, Hickory, NC
Dec. 28, 2008

BURLINGTON - Minnie Arndt Beard, 97, formerly of Tucker Street, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008, at Alamance Regional Medical Center.
She was a native of Catawba County and the wife of the late Odell Yerke Beard.
Minnie was a homemaker and longtime member of the First Church of the Nazarene, where she received Mother of the Year in 1975. She was actively involved in her church, serving on various committees and singing in the church choir. Minnie served as a volunteer for Alamance County Meals on Wheels for many years. She also was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Kay and Jake Way of Burlington; sons, Wayne Beard of Hickory and Jerry Beard of Greensboro; 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband; daughter, Mildred Faucette and her husband, Luther Faucette; daughter-in-law, Nesta Beard; two infant daughters; grandson, Jerry Todd Beard; parents, David Augustus and Mary McRee Arndt; sisters, Nellie Starnes Kizziah, Sallie Arndt Herman and Edna Bowman Morris; and brothers, Henderson "Bud" Arndt and Marcus Arndt.
The Beard family would like to express their appreciation to the staff and nurses of ARMC, Alamance Health Care Center and Dr. Ernest Eason for their kindness to Minnie during her years of failing health.
The funeral service will be held Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, at 2 p.m. at the Lowe Funeral Home chapel by Pastor Darrel Kroeze. Burial will follow in Alamance Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m., prior to the service at the funeral home on Tuesday, and other times at the home of her daughter.
Memorials may be made to First Church of the Nazarene, 1410 Elder Way, Burlington, N.C. 27215.


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  • Maintained by: Sharon R.
  • Originally Created by: J L
  • Added: Dec 29, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32472001/minnie_belle-beard: accessed ), memorial page for Minnie Belle Arndt Beard (7 Nov 1911–27 Dec 2008), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32472001, citing Alamance Memorial Park, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Sharon R. (contributor 46795073).