Mrs. Alice Beard

April 10, 1943 - October 19, 2013

Mrs. Alice Fay Norton Beard, 70, of Detter Road, Canon, GA, passed away Saturday, October 19, 2013, at the Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens, GA. Mrs. Beard was born in Royston, GA, April 10, 1943, daughter of the late John Columbus and Mary Alice Roling Norton. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Beard was preceded in death by her husband, the late Jimmy LeRoy Beard. Survivors include son, John Richard Beard of Royston, GA; daughter, Mary Donna Thomas of Canon, GA; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services for Mrs. Beard will be at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, October 22, 2013, at the Pruitt Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Willard Crider and Rev. Johnny Stowe officiating. Interment will follow in the Franklin Memorial Gardens-South. The family will receive friends at Pruitt Funeral Home from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Monday evening. The family is at the home. Pruitt Funeral Home in Royston, GA is in charge of arrangements.