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- Obituary from Sulphur Springs Newspaper Loyd F. "Doodle" Beadles Funeral services for Loyd F. (Doodle) Beadles age 67 were held in Sulphur Springs at 10:00 am Saturday March 27 in West Oaks Funeral Chapel with Rev Larry Davis and Rev Cletis Speed officiating. Interment will be in the Posey Cemetery. Pallbearers: Blake Beadles, Brad Norris, Kelly Dixon, Chris Dixon, Larry Norton, Larry Speed, Gary Speed and Richard Pryor. Mr. Beadles died at 1:33 PM Wednesday, March 24 in Hopkins County Nursing Home following an extended illiness. He was born in Peerless, Texas September 4, 1931, the son of Louis E. and Dollie Dell Robertson Beadles. He attended North Hopkins High School and was a long time resident of Arlington, Texas prior to returning to Hopkins County. He was a retired 30 year employee of General Motors Corporation, being employeed in the Paint Department of the Corp. after which he began a career in dairy farming and cattle trading. He was a member of the Baptist Church and attended the Posey Baptist Church. He married Jo Ann Dixon in Hopkins County on August 31, 1952. She preceeded him in death on June 22, 1989. He then married Beth Johnson in the Posey Community on July 4, 1990. She survives. Other survivors: three sons, Rich Beadles and wife Patti - Garland, Texas; Rodney Beadles and wife Cindy - Arlington, Texas; David Beadles - Fort Worth, Texas; an adopted son Jeff Shoemaker - Fort Worth, Texas; step-sons: Billy Gene Beadles and wife Mary - Sulphur Springs, Texas; two sisters Marlene Marter and husband Joe - Garland, Texass and Geraldine Day and husband Dave - Campbell, Texas; step brothers, T.H. Burks and wife Patsy - Pixton, Texas; Wiley Burks and wife Dera - Chorpus Christi; step sisters Vera Mae Glossup and husband Weldon, Sue Walker and husband Lelland, and Modene Sims and husband Roy all of Sulphur Springs, fifteen grandchildren. He was preceded in death by son Patrick Lowell Beadles in 1971. Should memorials be desired, they should be made to the American Cancer Society.
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