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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Beatrice Brown Heard
Beatrice Brown
Heard
Oct 27, 1939 — Jul 18, 2018
FERRIDAY
Beatrice Brown Heard's Obituary
Funeral services for Beatrice Brown Heard, 78, of Ferriday, LA will be held Saturday at 10:00am, July 28, 2018 at the Word of Faith Ambassador Outreach Church in Ferriday. Burial will follow at the Ferriday Cemetery with Rev. T. A. Baker, Jr. officiating. Visitation will be held Friday evening from 5 to 7pm at Evening Star Baptist Church in Ferriday.
Mrs. Heard, daughter of Shep and Sarah Gordon Bethley was born in Ferriday and died at the Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, LA following a brief illness. She was a retired custodian for the Concordia Parish Police Jury and a volunteer for the Concordia Parish Council of the Aging at the Ferriday site.
She was a member of Evening Star Baptist when she served diligently as an usher. Being baptized on September 12, 1952, a date she was so proud of, remained faithful to her church until the Lord called her home. Often, Mrs. Heard was seen at other churches with her hand held high and a smile on her face, ushering people to their seat in the Lord's House.
Her survivors are: her husband, Luke "Sonny" Heard, Jr. of Ferriday; her children, Otis C. Brown and his wife, Monique of Anaheim, CA; Herman Dorsey, Jr. of New Orleans, LA; Doyle L. Brown of Baton Rouge, LA; Debra M. Spurs and her husband, Elbert "Moody"; Angela Maxine Smith and her husband, Nathaniel all of Ferriday; Antoinette B. Tennessee and her husband, Marvin of Vidalia; two step children, Kenny Dorsey and Kawanna Dorsey both of Atlanta, GA.
Also two sisters, Leatrice Allen and her husband, Bobby; Hattie Ruth Bethley all of Ferriday; two sisters-in-law, Maxine Mahaffy and Mattie Evans both of Kenner, LA; one brother-in-law, Benny Hurd and his wife, Joyce of New Orleans; thirty grandchildren and thirty four great-grandchildren. And the entire U-Pack crew.
Preceding her in death are her parents, four brothers, Rev. Shep Bethley, Jr., Frank Brown, James Bethley, and Roosevelt Brown; and one sister, Merlee Marshall.
"I will show you my Faith by what I do." I'd rather be a doorkeeper in the House of my God".
Mrs. Heard, daughter of Shep and Sarah Gordon Bethley was born in Ferriday and died at the Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, LA following a brief illness. She was a retired custodian for the Concordia Parish Police Jury and a volunteer for the Concordia Parish Council of the Aging at the Ferriday site.
She was a member of Evening Star Baptist when she served diligently as an usher. Being baptized on September 12, 1952, a date she was so proud of, remained faithful to her church until the Lord called her home. Often, Mrs. Heard was seen at other churches with her hand held high and a smile on her face, ushering people to their seat in the Lord's House.
Her survivors are: her husband, Luke "Sonny" Heard, Jr. of Ferriday; her children, Otis C. Brown and his wife, Monique of Anaheim, CA; Herman Dorsey, Jr. of New Orleans, LA; Doyle L. Brown of Baton Rouge, LA; Debra M. Spurs and her husband, Elbert "Moody"; Angela Maxine Smith and her husband, Nathaniel all of Ferriday; Antoinette B. Tennessee and her husband, Marvin of Vidalia; two step children, Kenny Dorsey and Kawanna Dorsey both of Atlanta, GA.
Also two sisters, Leatrice Allen and her husband, Bobby; Hattie Ruth Bethley all of Ferriday; two sisters-in-law, Maxine Mahaffy and Mattie Evans both of Kenner, LA; one brother-in-law, Benny Hurd and his wife, Joyce of New Orleans; thirty grandchildren and thirty four great-grandchildren. And the entire U-Pack crew.
Preceding her in death are her parents, four brothers, Rev. Shep Bethley, Jr., Frank Brown, James Bethley, and Roosevelt Brown; and one sister, Merlee Marshall.
"I will show you my Faith by what I do." I'd rather be a doorkeeper in the House of my God".
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