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Thelma Marie “Tootsie” Beard

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Thelma Marie “Tootsie” Beard

Birth
Young County, Texas, USA
Death
15 May 1925 (aged 23)
Loving, Young County, Texas, USA
Burial
Loving, Young County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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The untimely death of Miss Thelma Beard at her home in Loving was a shock to the entire community. She had been to a picnic at Newcastle and after her return home, she and a younger brother went into the pasture and took a rifle with them. She had a conversation with her brother about the best place for a person to shoot themselves if they wanted to take their life. He jokingly said in the heart was the best place to shoot, not thinking she was contemplating any such act. After returning to the house, she was found in a room and have been shot with the rifle. Whether the shot was intentional or accidental, we will never know.

During the day at Newcastle, she visited a palm reader and was told she would die in two months. She visited another palm reader and was told the same story.

Services were held at the Loving Methodist Church on Sunday morning. The untimely death of this beautiful young woman touched the hearts of a very large number of friends.
The untimely death of Miss Thelma Beard at her home in Loving was a shock to the entire community. She had been to a picnic at Newcastle and after her return home, she and a younger brother went into the pasture and took a rifle with them. She had a conversation with her brother about the best place for a person to shoot themselves if they wanted to take their life. He jokingly said in the heart was the best place to shoot, not thinking she was contemplating any such act. After returning to the house, she was found in a room and have been shot with the rifle. Whether the shot was intentional or accidental, we will never know.

During the day at Newcastle, she visited a palm reader and was told she would die in two months. She visited another palm reader and was told the same story.

Services were held at the Loving Methodist Church on Sunday morning. The untimely death of this beautiful young woman touched the hearts of a very large number of friends.


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