- Date Of Birth: November 19, 1935
- Date Of Death: September 10, 2016
- State: Georgia
Jacquelyn Rogers Young Beard was born on November 19, 1935 in Newnan, Georgia. She was one of four daughters born to the late Ezra Thomas and Curtis Rogers Young. Jackie, as she came to be known, grew up in the nurturing cocoon of the small town that Newnan was in that day. She attended Newnan High School. Being a person with a servant spirit, Jackie followed her ambition to follow a career in nursing. She attended The Georgia Baptist School of Nursing and subsequently received her degree. She had a long and distinguished career in nursing serving patients at Newnan Hospital, Tannner Hospital and ended her career as a hospice nurse. Jackie was a woman who carried her caring spirit into her personal life as she balanced a career with being a wife, mother and her favorite role as a doting grandmother. She cherished the quiet times of life and adored the serenity of her escapes to the mountains of Georgia and the Carolinas. In addition to her parents, Jackie was predeceased by her siblings Florrie and Ellen, as well as her husband Paul Eugene Beard, Jr. Surviving Jackie are her children Lisa Lafoy of Lawrenceville, Sharon Cleland of Villa Rica, Lori Jacks of Douglasville and Young Malcom of Newnan. She was the dearest of grandmothers to ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
