WASKOM, Texas — Funeral services celebrating the life of Laurie Beard Reed, 85, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 31, 2010 at Rose-Neath’s Southside Chapel. Officiating will be Rev. Gene Nix. Graveside service and interment will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 1, 2010 in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Vicksburg, Miss. Visitation with the family will be from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Sunday, May 30, 2010 at the funeral home.

Laurie, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother was welcomed into the arms of her Lord on May 27, 2010. She was born on Aug. 29, 1924 in Alexandria, La., to Charles Louis Beard and Elizabeth Robinson Beard. She was a dance teacher for many years for the Shreveport Parks & Recreation Department and touched many lives. She was a long time member of Shreve City Baptist Church.

Her parents, her beloved husband, whom she married in 1946, William, and her sister, Frae, preceded her in death. Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Nancy Reed McCullough and husband Bruce of Plano, Texas, and Lisa Reed Mattingly and husband Mark of Waskom, Texas; granddaughter, Kelly McCullough Kozloski and husband John; great-grandsons, Kaine and Kaleb of Frisco, Texas; granddaughter, Kelsey Mattingly and grandson, Zack Mattingly of Waskom, Texas; her sister, Evan Wilson of Vicksburg, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Rose-Neath Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.