NAME: EUGENE C. GENE BEAIRD, AGE 50, OF STRINGTOWN, OK. BORN: AUGUST 26, 1946 AT BATESVILLE, MISSISSIPPI TO CURTIS ELMORE AND EDITH MARIE (BISHOP) BEAIRD. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1997 AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 50 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BATESVILLE, MS, GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL IN 1964. ALSO ATTENDED NORTHWEST JUNIOR COLLEGE AT SENATOBIA, MISSISSIPPI. MARRIED: JENNIFER BRIDWELL ON APRIL 28, 1980 AT FT. WORTH, TX. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A RETAIL STORE MANAGER WITH PAGE DRUG, RETIRNG IN 1993. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST FAITH. GENE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING VIETNAM. HE WAS ALSO ON THE SCHOOLBOARD AT STRINGTOWN SCHOOLS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: JENNIFER BEAIRD OF THE HOME IN STRINGTOWN, OK. SONS: EUGENE BEAIRD II OF STRINGTOWN, OK. JASON MICHAEL BEAIRD OF STRINGTOWN, OK. DAUGHTERS: RITA MICHELL BURK AND HUSBAND ROGER OF ARLINGTON, TX. JAN LEA RYALS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. CHRISTINA DENISE BEAIRD OF STRINGTOWN. STEPHANIE RENAE BEAIRD OF STRINGTOWN. GRANDSON: DEANDRE MARGUIS KENNY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BROTHER: ROBERT CALVIN BEAIRD OF BATESVILLE, MS. SISTERS: BETTY CAIN AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF RIDGELAND, MS. JUDY GALE BOLTON AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF POPE, MS. MOTHER-IN-LAW: KATHY BLYTHE OF FT. WORTH, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH PARENTS: CURTIS AND EDITH BEAIRD.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1997 AT 1:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB CUNNINGHAM.