MILDRED LOUISE BEARD

Mildred Louise Beard, 72, of Groesbeck, passed away Dec. 20, 2021, at Groesbeck LTC. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 27, at Mexia Family Church, with Pastor Thomas Rasey officiating. Interment will follow at Lost Prairie Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Beard was born on Aug. 14, 1949, in Personville, to John and Annie Kate Thompson Pevehouse. She had worked at the Mexia State School and Walmart before retiring. She enjoyed working in her flowerbeds, dogs and swinging on her front porch while drinking coffee and tea, as well as going for walks. She loved her family, kids and grandkids, and being with them.

Mildred was preceded in death by her parents, John and Annie Kate Pevehouse; sister, Mary Ann Sellers; brothers, Marion “Jimmy” Pevehouse and Jerry Pevehouse; husband, W.L. “Larue” Beard, and father of her children, Aubrey Brasher.

Survivors include her daughter, Pamela Waddle and husband Allen of Groesbeck; son, Dennis Brasher; grandchildren, Krystal Winn and husband Brendt of Haslet, Ashely Cole of New York, and Leo Boulware of Mexia; great-grandchildren, Cullen and Sidney; sister, Katie Beard of Groesbeck; and brothers, John Pevehouse and wife Dorothy of Mexia, and L.B. Pevehouse and wife Martha of Troy, Ala.

Serving as pallbearers are Michael Cole, Leo Boulware, Mike Harris and Brent Winn.

Please visit www.jonesfuneralservicestx.com to sign the guestbook and leave a memorial message for the family.