Donna E. Beard went home to be with the Lord on March 7, 2022.
Donna is survived by her children, Robin M. Rowell, Walter J. Beard, Brinkley D. Beard Sr., Anthony S. Beard and John P. Beard; siblings, Robert Watts, Carol Simmons, and Sharon Savage; grandchildren, Johnathon Rowell, Katrina Patton Wilburn, Brinkley D. Beard Jr., Damon Beard, Abigail Beard, Jonathon Beard, Gabriel Beard, Austin A. Bounds (Beard), and Ethan P. Beard, seven great-grandchildren and one great-great- granddaughter and host of other nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, nurses, aids, and clients.
She was preceded in death by her parents Walter O. Wright and Marietta Wright, husband Brinkley Beard; siblings Barbara J. Ford and Randy J. Wright; mother-in-law Nellie Mae Beard; and Rosalyn Savage and a host of uncles, aunts, and cousins.