FOURTH GENERATION

95. Albert Harvey Beard was born on 30 May 1897 in Belton, Bell County, Texas. ⁽³²⁴⁾ He appeared on the census on 25 Apr 1930 in J. P. No. 8, Coryell County, Texas. He died on 4 Jun 1965 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas. ⁽³²⁵⁾ He was buried in Waco Memorial Park, Waco, Texas.

From the Waco Tribune Herald, June 5, 1965, p. 6-A:

Title: Albert Beard Dies in Hospital

Albert H. Beard, 68, of 512 Daugherty Avenue died Friday in a Waco hospital.

Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. today in Connally Chapel. Rev. W. E. Harrell will officiate. Burial will be in Waco Memorial Park.

Mr. Beard was born in Coryell County. He lived in Waco 38 years. He was employed at the Veterans Administration Hospital.

Survivors include his wife, the former Myrtie Musick; two stepsons, G. S. York of 207 Cottonwood Avenue and B. W. York of Fort Worth; a brother, Henry Beard of Kate Ross Homes; eight step-grandchildren and ten step-great-grandchildren.

He was married to Myrtie Delilah Music (daughter of James Henry Music and Elmedia Cummings) on 8 May 1948. Myrtie Delilah Music was born on 11 Jan 1884 in Coryell County, Texas. She died on 11 May 1970 in McLennan County, Texas. ⁽³²⁶⁾ She was buried in Waco Memorial Park, Waco, Texas. Posted by Cassie <cassie@icountry.net> on Sat, 12 Dec 1998

Gatesville Paper dated May 1970:

Mrs. MYRTIE BEARD, 86 of Waco, died Monday, May 11, in a Waco Hospital.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Conally Funeral Chapel. Reverend Boyd McSpadden officiated. Burial was in Waco Memorial Park Cemetery.
Survivors include one son B. W. YORK of Fort Worth; two daughters-in-law, Mrs. JOSIE YORK DORRIES of Waco and Mrs. CRYSTAL YORK of Waco; 8 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Mrs. Beard was the aunt of Mrs. GLADYS FRY and T.C. MUSIC of Gatesville.
Pallbeares were DON HACKNEY, JIM PRATHER, DANIEL VANA, THOMAS NOREN, T.C. MUSIC and JOHNNY G. YORK.

(Note: Mrs. Beard was born in Coryell county and was a daughter of James Henry Music and Elmedia Cummings Music.mr)