Etowah County ALGenWeb The Gadsden Times-News Gadsden, Alabama Monday, April 8, 1912 Page 1 MRS. DORA BEARD PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY Mrs. Dora Beard died at her home near Hokes Bluff Sunday at noon. The funeral took place this morning at 11 o'clock and the burial was a Union church cemetery. Mrs. Beard died from an attack of typhoid fever and after an illness of several weeks. The deceased was the wife of Joe L. Beard, a well known farmer of the Hokes Bluff section. She was a splendid woman and will be sincerely mourned in her community.