BEARD-Jean Wilson Otey passed away peacefully on August 26th, 2012. She lived a magical life of glamour, adventure and fun. She was born in Orlando, Florida on September 8th, 1922, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. James Clair Otey. She attended Washington Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from Gunston Hall Finishing School in Northern Virginia. She studied at Rollins College, in Winter Park, Florida, where she was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She met and married the dashing young Naval Officer, Josephus Simmons Beard, beloved husband of fifty nine years. Her husband's position as President of IBM World Trade Corporation, Asia and Europe, took the family to Japan and then France for many years, making life long friends along the way, before returning to the United States. She was a hostess of extraordinary generosity and style, an avid reader, charming and, above all, indomitable She is survived by her children, James Beard and his wife Lanette, Blaine Trump, Josephus Beard and his wife Judy, and Jean Barden and her husband Robert. She has six adored grandchildren, Christopher Trump-Retchin, Scott and Lelia Barden, Laurin and Ansley Beard and Vance Blanchard. And, finally, along with her treasured cats Noel and Coco, she will be missed by her faithful and loyal companions, Eden Horne and Nash Savillo, to whom the family is eternally grateful. A celebration of her life will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, September 8th, at Christ Episcopal Church, 400 San Juan Drive, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. Friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at: http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Jean-Beard&lc=2312&pid=159482617&mid=5218596. Arrangements are under the direction of HARDAGE-GIDDENS FUNERAL HOME, 1701 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville Beach, FL.
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