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Beard, Rufus Arch of Houston. Age 77. Died 1/6/1990 (Sat.) in Memorial Southwest Hospital in Houston following a lengthy illness which began in 1986 when he had a series of strokes and was in a Houston nuring home. Services held (Tuesday) 1/9 at the Salty Church. Burial in Salty Cemetery near Thorndale. Rev. A.R. McGee officated. 6 of his grandsons were pallbearers: Michael Troy Menchaca and Thomas Wayne Beard, of Austin; David Ray Menchaca, Jay Arch Menchaca, Charles Michael Malone and John Nicholas Sion of Houston. He was born 12/22/1912 in Thorndale to Edward Charles & Esther Elizabeth Parton Beard. Reared by his paternal grandparents, Rufus M. & Lillie Caffey Beard, a pioneer farming and ranching family with holdings in the Salty & Conoley Communites south of Throndale. He was employed with the USDA for 35 yrs. and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Member of First Christian Church in Waco. Preceded in death by brother, Ulrich Beard. Survisors: Wife, Laura Davis Beard of Houston; 2 daughters, Peggy Menchacha, Mary Lou Beard Sion of Houston; son Charles Thomas Beard of Colorado Springs, Co.; sister Vera Bauerschlag of Thorndale; 16 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren.