Ruby Grace Beard^[1]

Abt 1930 - 2009  (~ 79 years)

• Name	Ruby Grace Beard
  Born	Abt 1930
  Gender	Female
  Died	13 Jun 2009	Strawberry Plains, Tennessee   [2]
  Person ID	I62010	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	William Arlie Beard,   d. Bef 19 Mar 2001
  Mother	Flora Morinda Cole,   b. 26 Jul 1908, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Dec 1991, Jefferson County, Tennessee  (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F22796	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	James William Thomas "Jay" "W. T." Bales,   b. Abt 1928,   d. 20 Jul 2007, Strawberry Plains, Tennessee  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Married	Abt 1948
  Children	+ 1. Butch Bales   2. Danny Bales   3. Anne Bales
  Family ID	F32088	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 13 Jun 2009 - Strawberry Plains, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 179.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 21 Mar 2001. William Arley "Bill" Beard, Jr. obituary [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 14 Jun 2009. BALES, RUBY GRACE BEARD - age 79, passed away June 13, 2009, at her home in Strawberry Plains. Preceded in death by husband, James W.T. Bales; parents, W.A. Beard, Sr. and Flora Cole Beard; brother, W.A. Beard, Jr.; sister, Barbara Jean Beard Williams. She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Butch and Linda of Jonesboro, Arkansas and Danny and Nicki of Jefferson City; daughter, Anne of Strawberry Plains; grandchildren: Jimmy Bales and Christi and Kristie Bales Huffman and Joey, all of Jonesboro, Arkansas; Shane Miles of Strawberry Plains; Laura Miles of Jefferson City; Lesli Bales-Sherrod and Jimmy of Washington, D.C., Audra Bales-Hakim and Chuck, Mark Bales and Brad Bales, all of Jefferson City; great grandchildren: Jeremy Ricker of Jefferson City; Caleb Miles of Knoxville, Joshua and Luke Hakim of Jefferson City; Josh, Brandon and Brent Huffman and Ethan Bales, all of Jonesboro, Arkansas; sister and brother-in-law, Violet Jane Beard Brown and Norman of New Market; brothers and sister-in-law, Larry Williams and Geraldine Denny of Strawberry Plains and Herb Rettig of Oregon; numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, cousins, special friends and neighbors. A celebration of life memorial service will be led by Pastor Dennis Maxey at 1 p.m. Monday at Strawberry Plains Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Strawberry Plains Presbyterian Church, where she was a life-long member, 3168 W. Old Andrew Johnson Hwy, Strawberry Plains, TN 37871. The family wishes to thank all her caretakers and Fielden Funeral Home for cremation services.