Paul Dexter Beard

Paul Dexter Beard of Campbellsville, son of the late Rev. Shiley Franklin Beard and Eva Jewell Sexton Beard, was born January 12, 1946, in Taylor County, Kentucky. He died at 12:00 Noon, Monday, April 24, 2017 in Campbellsville. Age: 71 He professed faith in Christ and was a member of Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Paul served his country honorably in the United States Army and in the Army Reserve for over twenty-five years. He was an electrician for fifty plus years having retired from Thermal Equipment and Sales. Paul was a member of the Taylor County Cattleman’s Association, the American Legion and the Green River Bee Keepers. Paul united in marriage to Ann Allen February 17, 1968. Besides his wife, Ann Allen Beard of Campbellsville, he is survived by one son and one daughter: Paula Rose and husband, Jay of Adair County and Damon Beard and Tammy Johnson of Campbellsville; one granddaughter, Mia Harris of Richmond, Kentucky; one sister, Phyllis Milby and husband, Tom of Campbellsville; brother-in-law, John Cable and wife, Debbie of Bowling Green; sisters-in-law: Sue Nicholson of Partlow, Virginia, Edie Strittmatter of Richland Hills, Texas and Nora Elza of Richmond, Indiana; special niece, Delayna Moore of Danville, Indiana; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends. He was also preceded in death by two sisters: Patricia Steward and Peggy Cable. _______________ VISITATION: 5:00 - 8:00 P.M., Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home FUNERAL SERVICE: 2:00 P.M., Friday, April 28, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Paul J. Dicken and Bro. Anthony Harris BURIAL:Campbellsville Memorial Gardens with full military honors by the Marion County Veterans Honor Guard EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY ARE REQUESTED TO BE DONATIONS TO HOSPARUS OF GREEN RIVER, GIDEON BIBLES OR SHILOH CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY FUND AND MAY BE MADE AT PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME