Honoring her legacy Rosa Tarver Beard, November 22, 1919-December 9, 2010, Friday, December 17, 2010, memorial service, Antioch Baptist Church, 1454 Florence Street, Augusta, Georgia, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

November 22,1919 - December 9,2010

HONORING HER LEGACY
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2010 Memorial Service
Antioch Baptist Church 1454 Florence Street Augusta, Georgia
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2010 Honoring the Life & Legacy
Gilbert-Lamhuth Memorial Chapel 1235 Fifteenth Street Augusta, Georgia 11:00 a.m.

Officiating Reverend Doctor Kenneth B. Martin Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Augusta, Georgia

Mrs. Brenda Pollard Organist

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Silently now I waitfor thee,

ready, my God, thy will to see.

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Open my ears, that I may hear

voices o f truth thou sendest clear;

and while the wavenotesfall on my ear,

everything false will disappear.

Silently now I waitfor thee,

ready, my God, thy will to see.

Open my ears, illumine me, Spirit divine!

Verse 3 Open my mouth, and let me bear gladly the warm truth everywhere; open my heart and let me prepare love with thy children thus to share.
Silently now I waitfor thee, ready, my God, thy will to see. Open my heart, illumine me, Spirit divine!

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Reverend Paul Gardner Williams Memorial C.M.E. Church
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Mayor Deke Copenhaver City ofAugusta
Doctor George C. Bradley Paine College President

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Mrs. Rosa Beard Lind
Loving Daughter
Mrs. Sandra E. Wimberly
Loving Adopted Daughter
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Loving Fam ily Friend
Mrs. Judy Lamback Doctor Hawthorne Welcher
Augusta A dult Society, Inc, Advisors
Mrs. Claudia Maryland
Antioch M issionary Baptist Church M em ber & Trustee
Reverend Joseph Hightower
Bettis Academ y Alum nus
Doctor Joseph Hobbs
T. W. Josey A lu m n u s R o cket Club
Mrs. Christine E. Betts
Lucy Craft Laney M usem o f Black History

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Mrs. Frances D. Wimberly
Paine College Augusta A dult Society, Inc.
Reverend Doctor Eugene L. Gibson, Jr.
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Elegance, strength, courage and tenacity describe Rosa Tarver Beard - an educator, youth and community leader. A woman of great distinction, Mrs. Rosa Tarver Beard, founded various organizations that have improved the lives of countless young women and men ^ throughout the Central Savannah River Area. One of her most notable accomplishments is t e founding of the Rosa T. Beard Debutante Club, an organization that has advised and cultured/ young women for over forty-seven years. On December 9, 2010, she transitioned to be with the

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Rosa T. Beard was born in Blythe, Georgia on November 22,1919? the oldest child to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Gartrell (Ollie Brown) Tarver. Before settling with her parents in the Turpin Hill neighborhood of Augusta, Georgia, she traveled with her parents across the state ot
Georgia residing in Cairo and Thomasville.

She was baptized at Spring Hill Baptist Church in Blythe in her early teens. Mrs. Beard was introduced to Antioch Baptist Church in Augusta as a child by her future aunt-in-law, Mrs. Adelle Blanchard. It was during walks to Antioch that she and Ernest Beard developed a fondness for each other. They courted for several years and on June 27,1948, she married the love of her life. Their marriage was blessed by four loving children: Rosa Ann, Kathryn Inrraine, Ernest Eric, and Cheryl Juanita. After 18 years of marriage, Mr. Ernest Beard departed this life on July 11,1966. Mrs. Beard remained faithful past her vows and has now rejoined Mr. Beard in their
eternal home.
When she arrived in Augusta, Mrs. Beard was enrolled at Steed Street School (now Collins) for her primary education. She furthered her education at Paine High School, one of three tuition-based schools, as there was no public high school for African Americans in Augusta. After graduating in 1938, she matriculated to Paine College where she obtained a Bachelor s degi ee in Home Economics and Natural Science in 1942 She continued at Columbia Univeisity Teachers College in New York, earning her Masters of Education and Chemistry in 1951. Mrs. Beard completed additional post-graduate work at Farleigh Dickson University, Teaneck, New Jersey where she was certified by the National Science Foundation Summer Institute for Junior and Senior High School Teachers of Scie
and Mathematics in August of 1961.

A dedicated educator for 41 years, her professional career began in 1942 at Bettis Academy and Junior College in Trenton, South Carolina. During her tenure at Bettis Academy, she briefly taught French, coached the girl's basketball team and served as chair of the Science Department. After her marriage and the impending birth of her first child, she returned to her hometown of Augusta. Mrs. Beard accepted a teaching position with the Richmond County Board of Education and began serving at Charles T. Walker Elementary School. After the birth of her second daughter, Mrs. Beard was able to obtain a position in the upper grades, as she desired, and taught at Augustus R. Johnson Junior High School. When T. W. Josey High School opened in 1964, she transferred and taught there until her retirement m 1983.

Mrs. Beard poured herself into her students as a teacher and mentor who maintained lifelong relationships of love and friendship. Her students highly respected her

as an advisor committed to exposing them to life's possibilities and spurring them to reach their highest potential. As head of the Science Department at A. R. Johnson, she organized T&e'Rocket Club with male and female students interested in aeronautics and space study in 1958, which followed to T. W. Josey. Many of these students were inspired to achieve great accomplishments. Her work with the Rocket Club led to a position pioneering the leadership of a summer program for high school students at the Medical College of Georgia in the early 1970s.
In 1963, also w'hile at A. R. Johnson and in the horrid midst of racism, six female students approached Mrs. Beard to request her sponsorship of aerogram that would support them
in being recognized for their worth as young black women. In addition, they wanted to experience additional social, cultural and community participation to broaden their horizons and prepare them for womanhood in a world that was struggling with the acceptance of African Americans. Committed to the academic, social and cultural development of youth, Mrs. Beard organized the Rosa T. Beard Debutante Club, sponsored by the Augusta Adult Society, Inc.. For nearly five decades she dedicated her life to grooming the thousands of young women impacted by the experience. Her legacy continues in grooming high school girls for adult society.
An humble and caring woman of character and lofty principles, Rosa Beard dedicated her life to serving Christ through serving others. She diligently served at Antioch Baptist Church for some 50 years, participating in several choirs, as , a Sunday School teacher, missionary, and Trustee. After moving to the Atlanta area with her daughters, she attended New Life Church, under the leadership of Reverend Marlin Harris. Some of her community involvement over the years included lifetime membership in the Paine College Alumni Association, founding
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority - Augusta Alumnae Chapter, lifetime membership in the N.A.A.C.P., and generous supporter of local, national, and international
ncerns to bless people. Mrs. Beard has been recognized as an educator, for er service with young people in general, young women in particular, and her
mitment to the CSRA community.
.fully, Mrs. Beard entered into peaceful rest, on Thursday, December 9th at b Medical at Hillandaie. In addition to her beloved husband and parents, Beard was preceded in death by a half sister, Evie Lou Hamilton; adopted sister, Catherine Long; and her grandson Ernest Derrick Beard, with whom she had a special bond. Left to cherish her memory are: her four children, Rosa Lind (Herman), Ellenwood, GA; Kathryn Willis (Ashley), Lithonia, GA; Ernest Eric Beard (Patricia), Cocoa, FL; and Cheiyl J. Beard, Memphis, TN; five grandchildren, Katrina Lind Rucker (Sholon), Charles Beard, Jennifer Lind, Ashli "Becky" Willis, and Eugene Beard; six great-grandchildren Alijah, Niyla, Charles Jr., Ebony, Sholon, and DeCarlos. one sister, Mrs. Louise T. Jackson of Augusta; half-sister, Mrs. Novella Wright of Cleveland, OH; a dear niece Dr. Anita L. Jackson, Raleigh, NC; a devoted son and daughter in-law, Herman Lind, and Vilma (Robert) Smith; an aunt, Mrs. Idella Walker d aunt-in-law, Mrs. Allie B. Jones of Augusta, GA; a devoted friend and "adopted" hter, Sandra B. Wimberly; a wealth of nieces, nephews, cousins, debutantes, former ts, colleagues, godchildren, and friends to treasure her legacy.

We express our deepest gratitude to everyone that reached out to us in love with prayers of concern, expressions of sympathy, and support at this difficult tim e and during M onts lpter yeats in Augusta and Lithonia. For thblb of you who shared her profound journey, w i:appreciate you an d ask that you continue
her legacy... "making q difference in th riv es yougouch ^ extending
compassion, love, knowledge and understanding" -Rosa T. Beard ^009
we are especiaUyjliankful for the generous support and care gjvenby W. HgMays M orfcry, Pastor Martin plnd the m e m b e r * Antioch E |jU istttu rc h , g>r. B ra d le u d m e ta in e College fa m il^ b sto r|5 a m Davis and Beulah G ro JR a p tist Church, The Augusta Adult Society an d |R o sa |\ Beard D e b u t||te Club, Laveme and Shirley Cattfing, Naaiya's Florist, Sm ifflfcm ily V ideoM ire. Brenda P|urd, Allison Jones, Robert i
Smart, The Hoifbrable W ^ h e Howard, Th^Bdnorable DeMCopenhaver, Mrf. DearAL |ro w n -T h o m asi Pastor Gibson and Cheryl's support netw o^^^M em p^is, Mrs. Claudia Maryiand| and to aBof Mrs. B ear^B mentees and former students ^ h o steppe^up like tflnily - Frances Wimberly? Willie iMays, Annie Li$
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Deidre F. Brown Coffins cf Acsential and the designers of Royal Vision Graphics, thank you so much for your invaluable support in lending your gifts to produce the programs.
Sandra E. Wimberly, words are not enough to express our heartfelt gratitude. We are fo rejlr gratejpaor your devotion to Mom. We love you.
"I always thank Godfo r you because o fHis grace given you in Christ Jesus." 1 Cor. 1:4
Please continue to keep us in your prayers, Sincere Appreciation,
Rosa, Kathy, Ernest, Cheryl

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N o w can I describe a woman so great? Tfie sheer magnificence o f y o u r Cife...
One couCdnever de6ate.
A teacher, a header... Mother, grandmother, a n d Triend, cYou embody a d o f these things... I wouCdn't know where to begin.
Obstacles have been mere pebbles underneath yo u rfe e t, There's never been a chaCCengeyou were unabCe to defeat.
N ever swayed, hindered, or hampered by adversity, fo u were a traiCbCazer...
Long before America accepted diversity.
Y o u 'vefo r g e d through Cife w ith such poise, styCe, a n d grace, J in d now wisdom that couCdonCy be gained in a Cifetime...
Show s on yourface.
During the course o f yo u r Cife... You've pCanted m any seeds,
You set thefound a tio n so that aCCthatfoCCow y o u ... M ay Lead.
generations have been bCessedby the legacy you leave, Your Cife is (Jodordained... This I truCy beCieve.
So, once again I a sh ... N o w couCdone ever describe a woman so great? A n d I w o u ld n 't dare credit thefa c t that I 'm yo u r grand-daughter, tofa te. I consider myseCfHonored, (BCessed, a n d a p art o f a plan so D ivin e... (Because you couCdhave been anyone's grandmother...
(But, insteadyou 're Mine!!!
W ith ACCM y Love, Jenny 12/23/07
Mommy,
W hat a truCy phenom enal[afy an dspeciafgift in (focfs creation. You Left us too soon a n d suddenly; 6ut I am gratefuC to the L o rd f o r the hints o f preparation. I am comforted that you were at peace a n d are resting in JLis glorious presence. I miss you greatly. I t w as a Slessing o f grace to share in you r Cong andfruitfuC Cife. I wiCCdo my 6est to appCy your
Cessons a n d extendyou r Cegacy. I t is my honor to 6e you r daughter.
W ith LtemaCLove, CheryC

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Mr. Anthony Beard Mr. Conell Beard Mr. Eugene Beard
Honorable Judge Carl C. Brown Mr. Marion Griffin Mr. Herman Lind
Doctor Mallory Millender Mr. Michael Miles
Antioch Baptist Church Trustee Board Augusta Adult Society, Incorporated Delta Sigma Theta, Incorporated Augusta Alumni Chapter Georgia Retired Educators Association Paine College Alumni, Class 0/1942 Richmond County Retired Educators Association Rosa T. Beard Debutantes and Escorts, 1963 - 2010 Shiloh Comprehensive Community Center Board o f Directors
"The Rocket Club"
Rosa T. Beard Debutantes and Sub Debutantes, 2010-2011
Walker Memorial Park 611 Laney Walker Boulevard Extension -Augusta, Georgia
Thefam ily requests that in lieu o f flow ers, Mrs. Beard's memory be honored by gifts to Paine CollegeRosa T. Beard Scholarship Fund, 123 515th Street, Augusta, GA 30901; and the Rosa T. Beard Debutante House, P. O. Box 1825, Augusta, GA 30903. Friends may contact the fam ily at (706) 724-7219 or contact W. H. M ays Mortuary, 1221 James Brown Boulevard, Augusta, GA 30901, (706) 722-6401.
W.H. Mays Mortuary `Professional Service A Family Tradition Since 1922"
1221 James Brown Boulevard - Augusta, Georgia

HONORING HER LEGACY
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2010 Memorial Service
Antioch Baptist Church 1454 Florence Street
Augusta, Georgia
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2010 Honoring the Life & Legacy
Gilbert-Lamhuth Memorial Chapel 1235 Fifteenth Street Augusta, Georgia 11:00 .m.

In Remeberance O f

Mrs. Deanna Brown Thomas, Presiding

Invocations

Reverend John Lockard Antioch Missionary Baptist Church

Tribute to Our Board Member Shiloh Community Center
Mrs. Margaret Wetbrook-Ellis

Tribute to A Community Leader Honorable Wayne Howard
Georgia House of Representatives, District 121

Tribute to Our Founder The Rosa T. Beard Debutante Club Taylor Mitchell, President

Mrs. Roberta Harrison Bush 1963 Debutante "The Original Six"

Mrs. Pam Waller Debutante Parent

Tribute to Our Christian Sister Antioch Missionary Baptist Church

Trustee Marion Griffin, Trustee Board Deacon Samual Hickson, Senior Care Ministry
Sister Anna Lowe, Senior Choir

Deacon William Cheriy, Sunday School

"I Won't Complain" Ms. Cassetta Heard

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Magnolia Donohue

Paine College - Class of 1942

Tribute to M y Colleague Doctor Mallory Millender
T. W. Josey Comprehensive High School Colleague

Tribute to My Friend Mrs. Ida Ruth Dowes
T. W. Josey Comprehensive High School Colleague Debutante Advisor

Tribute to Our Teacher Mr. Tyrone Butler
T. W. Josey Comprehensive High School

Mrs. Diana Wright Gilyard A. R. Johnson Junior High
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Tribute to My Mentor Mrs. Deidre Brown Collins
Debutante 1991, Church Member

My Mother

Mrs. Kathryn Beard - Willis
"Wind Beneth My Wings" Ms. Cindy Charles

Loving Experssions (Please no more than two (2) mintues)

Closing Remarks

Reverend Doctor Kenneth B. Martin

Anitoch Missionary Baptist Church, Pastor