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Ruth Beard Obituary
On May 9, 2005 of Burtonsville, MD, passed away due to massive stroke at age 57. Inspirational teacher and beloved wife of Alfred "Butch" Beard, Jr.; mother of Alfred, III, Cory, Samantha and Ian Beard; grandmother of Farrell Armstrong Beard. She is also survived by her mother, Ruth Weathers and her brother, Jessie Hackett. Family will receive friends on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at Good Hope United Methodist Church, 14680 Good Hope Rd., Silver Spring, MD from 6 to 9 p.m. Her body will be viewed, Thursday, May 19 at A.D. Porter & Sons Funeral Home, Louisville, KY. Funeral will take place in Louisville, KY on Friday, May 20 at St. Stephens Baptist Church at 11 a.m. Arrangements by McGUIRE.
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Memories and Condolences
for Ruth Beard
Rosetta Shelby-Calvin
May 9, 2022
Dear Butch and family.
I remember 2005 like it was yesterday. And yesterday I remembered that it was Mother´s Day 2005 that Ruth left us. I was in Louisville for DERBY and Mother´s Day just as I was last weekend. Just as I was packing for travel home, I got the sad news that my RA had passed. She had written me in 1968 to welcome me to the University of Louisville. Later that year I met her. She was sophisticated and poised. She was very pretty and perfect in every way. Love and miss you Ruth Ann.
Roserta Shelby-Calvin
May 10, 2020
I will always remember Ruth Ann. I met her in 1968. She was the resident assistant on my floor in Threlkeld Hall at the University of Louisville. We became friends. My family has roots in Breckinridge County and I had followed Butch's career. I was glad that she was his girlfriend because my father said Butch was related. I admired them as a couple. Attended their wedding reception and count them as lifelong friends.
Linda Morton
May 9, 2020
I'm still on Berleigh Hill Ct. Mr. Morton passed away this past Sept so now I'm missing him and you. You use to laugh at his driving when he passed by your house. Maybe you two have reconnected. Continue to rest in peace!
Linda Morton
May 9, 2019
My friend and former neighbor. Hard to believe this much time has passed by. I think of you from time to time especially as I pass your former family home residence. Just know you are not forgotten.
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lexi kirk
June 9, 2005
im so sorry for your lose. she was a great teacher. ill miss her very much.i went to community high.
Claire Shea
June 7, 2005
Dear Butch and family,
Sorry to hear about Ruth's passing. She was such a wonderful wife, mother and teacher. I loved her as a teacher, mother and friend.
I am sure she will be missed by many people who surfaced in her life.
I was a student of hers from the Community High School.
Love,
Claire
Yannie Osmundsen-Dougherty
June 6, 2005
Butch and family, I realize I had just spoken to you today on the phone Butch but again I just want you to know how deeply sorry I am to hear of Ruth's passing. As I'd said before, she was a beautiful woman and I truly loved her. She was a great teacher. My memories of her will always be in my heart, whether it was our trips to a japanese restaurant during our lunch hour at Community High school or even just chatting with her at lunch. She has always had a special place in my heart and always will. I will never forget her.
Love always,
Yannie
Yannie Osmundsen-Dougherty
June 6, 2005
Butch and family, I realize I had just spoken to you today on the phone Butch but again I just want you to know how deeply sorry I am to hear of Ruth's passing. I'd been trying to find her for years and now, I am just sorry it was so late. I truly miss her a lot. She was a beautiful woman and I truly loved her. She was a great teacher and friend. My memories of her will always be in my heart. Whether it was our trips to a japanese restaurant during our lunch hour at Community High school or even just chatting with her any time in the day. She has always had a special place in my heart and always will. I will never forget her.
Love always,
Yannie
Rosetta Shelby-Calvin
May 28, 2005
Butch and family
I just can't find words to express how much I loved you and "Hack" when we were at UofL. I can still remember all the times I spent in her dorm room at Threlkeld Hall as though it were yesterday. Can't tell you how many times people in the city would mistake short me and not as tall Ralph as you and Hack.
Remembering all the good times and her love for you and how happy she was when she found out "Little Butchie" was on the way. I think of you all often, especially when the game between the Wizards and the Lakers was cancelled at the last minute at the new Altell Arena in Little Rock a few years ago.
Read Lyman Johnson's entry and remembered the mixup in the Yearbook
when we were mistaken as the BSU.
Lyman M. Johnson
May 24, 2005
Butch and Family,
You have my deepest sympathies and condolences. Words cannot express how stunned I was to learn just now of Ruth Ann's passing.
I have distinct memories of her in college at UofL as friendly, cheerful and most likeable. When I reconnected with her years later, I was not surprised to find the same qualities. (And I'll never forget that unexpected impromptu reunion we had at Penn State where Sam was playing in the Junior Olympic volleyball tournament. Ruth Ann saw me there and tracked me down!)
She is going to be missed. I have no doubt, though, that the positive impact she had on you as well as on the rest of us as students and friends will be lasting.
Please know that there are countless friends who have you all in our thoughts and prayers as you make adjustments to your deep loss.
Sincerely,
Monica Kaufman
May 24, 2005
My sympathy, prayers and love, I extend to Butch and the children. Ruth Ann and I used to spend a lot of time together when we were dating roomates at U of L. I can still here her laugh and remember so well her energy and her absolute unconditional love for Butch. How sad I am to hear of her passing.
Michael Warfield
May 19, 2005
Our prayers and thoughts are with you during this time of sorrow and extending the most sincere and heartfelt sympathy.
The Warfield Family
Sharyn Moore-Fowler
May 19, 2005
You have our deepest symphathy, and we are in prayer for you at this time. God is with you always. Barbara Moore, Juanita Moore &
Jane Marlow Willis
May 19, 2005
Butch, I knew you only through my cousins Bill and Andy Hall, --at BCHS--but I want to express my sympathy. You are in my prayers.l
Robert Jordan
May 18, 2005
Our hearts go out to the family. You might not know many of us from Winchester , but we are sadden as well with the lost of Ruth Ann.She had many friends and family who remember her and love her dearly. Its been a long time since the days on fifth street in Winchester.Me, just a big headed kid who who used to catch the blues from the other kids, but she took the time to take up for her little cousin and I will never forget that ! To the family, it will be allright, she will allways be with you.And one day you will see her again!
Alice Robinson
May 18, 2005
To the Beard Family, our thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time.
Dwight, Alice, Toni & Hillary Robinson and Cyril, Joni & Cal LeDoux
Linda Morton
May 17, 2005
Our prayers are with your family during this difficult time. I know that this was a total shock to you all as was for us when we lean of her passing. We are better for having met Ruth Ann and sharing many many conversations over the years that we have been neighbors. She will truly be missed.
Leonard and Linda Morton
3726 Berleigh Hill Ct
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