Gloriaetta Beaird

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

BERNIE - Gloriaetta Beaird, 74, died July 25, 2005, in the Malden Nursing Center at Malden.

Born Feb. 23, 1931, at Bernie, daughter of the late Lloyal and Dawsey McMillion Cooper, she was a lifelong resident of Bernie. A homemaker, she was a member of the Bernie Church of Christ.

On Nov. 15, 1958, at Bernie, she married Weston Beaird who preceded her in death on Feb. 24, 2005.

Survivors include: one son and daughter-in-law, Rickey and Ginger Beaird of Bernie; one daughter and son-in-law, Rita and Mark Clayton of Bernie; five brothers, the Rev. Dan Cooper and Billie Cooper of Dexter, Travis Cooper and Roger Cooper of Bernie, and Ardie Cooper of Milford, Kan.; five sisters, Geraldine Pyle of Dexter, Darlene McGowen and Betty Thurston of Bernie, Cora Coker of Republic, and Janet Wood of Malden; and four grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie where services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday. Stan Duck will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Bernie Cemetery.