When I come to the end of the day

And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom-filled room.
Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little, but not too long
And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that we once shared-
Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey we all must take
And each must go alone.
It’s all a part of the Maker’s plan,
A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart
Go to the friends we know
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds-

Miss me, but let me go.

      Walter Beard III, 54, Camdenton, died Saturday, Jan. 8, 2005, at his home.

Mr. Beard was born on Nov. 28, 1950, in Dumas, Arkansas, the son of Walter Jr. and Georgie Beatrice Stuart Beard. He had been a service technician for Wally’s Refrigeration in Osage Beach for five years. He was a devoted father and dedicated employee.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, January 10, 2005, at Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev. Jim Graham officiating. Visitation was from noon until the time of the service at the funeral home. Burial was in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Auxvasse.

Survivors include two daughters, Christina and Colette Beard of the home; his mother, Georgie Beatrice Beard, St. Charles; three sisters, Lin Diekamp and husband Walter, Auxvasse, Neva Martin and husband Harry, St. Peters, and Debra Dickinson and husband John, St. Charles; several nieces and nephews, great nephews and a great niece.

His father and maternal and paternal grandparents preceded him in death.

Memorials may be made to the Walter Beard Trust in care of First National Bank of Audrain County, 203 East Liberty, Mexico, MO 65265. 

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