Wautine Hancock Beard Obituary (1923

Let Us Pause To Honor the Memory of Mrs. Wautine Hancock Beard Mrs. Wautine Hancock Beard, age 96, of Madison, Indiana entered this life on December 3, 1923 in Winston County, Mississippi. She was the loving daughter of the late Walter Samuel and Mary Ellen Lee Hancock. She married Russell Beard on September 4, 1942 in Jackson, Mississippi. This happy union of 47 years was blessed with a daughter, Deretha. Wautine lived most of her life in Philadelphia, Mississippi except for spending two years in Nashville, Tennessee and then moving to Madison, Indiana in 2003 to be near her daughter. She worked in the coffee shop at Mississippi Industries for the Blind for 20 years. A member of North Bend Pentecostal Church in Mississippi, she attended Point of Grace Church in Madison while living here. She loved gardening, cooking, cross-stitching and quilting. Wautine died on Sunday, May 3, 2020, at 7:04 a.m. at the Water's of Clifty Falls in Madison, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Wautine will be missed by her loving daughter, Deretha Forbush and her husband, Bishop Bob Forbush of Madison, Indiana; her granddaughters, Melanie Marshall and her husband Rev. Timothy Marshall, Jennifer Faulkner and her husband Pastor Adam Faulkner; her great-grandchildren, Dustin, Alexis, Gibsen, and Natalia; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her father, Walter Samuel Hancock, her mother, Mary Ellen Lee Hancock, her husband, Russell Beard, died February 26, 1989, her brothers, Johnny Hanock, J.W. Hancock and Jimmy T. Hancock, her sisters, Beatrice Barnett, Winnie Mae Peden, Carrie Dee Luke, Marvis Barrier, and Marvel Roberson, and her granddaughter, Robyn Forbush, died February 9, 1988. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, May 7, 2020, at 4:00 p.m., by Bishop Bob Forbush, Rev. Timothy Marshall and Pastor Adam Faulkner at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow on Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. at the North Bend Cemetery in Philadelphia, Mississippi. VISITATION (Note: Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic restrictions apply)Friends may visit Thursday from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Point of Grace. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, www.morgan-nay.com ARRANGEMENTS BYMorgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and HanoverandJohn E. Stevens Chapel812 Pecan AvenuePhiladelphia, Mississippi Make An Online Memorial Donation To send a flower arrangement in memory of Wautine Hancock Beard, please click here to visit our sympathy store.