SGT Douglas Crawford Bearden
1919 - 2004 (84 years)
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Name Douglas Crawford Bearden Prefix SGT Birth 30 Jan 1919 Bedford County, TN 
Gender Male Death 23 Jan 2004 Cairo, Grady, GA - Services for Douglas Crawford Bearden, 84, of Cairo are at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 23, 2004 at Reno Baptist Church. The Rev. Charles Neely, Rev. George Stacy Williams, Rev. John Paul Hasick and Rev. Alan Hartsfield will officiate, and interment is in Broome Cemetery in Reno. Active pallbearers are Robert Bearden, Jr., Johnny Booth, Philip Palmer, Curtis Cofer, Tracy Bennett and Lee Wilkes. Honorary pallbearers are Neil Holton, Royal Cook, Duane Hopkins, Ronald Sellars, Dan Lewis, Rayford Bell, William Holton, Ralph Hammett and Walter Maxwell. Bearden died Friday, Jan. 23, 2004, at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Born Jan. 30, 1919 in Bedford County, Tenn., he was the son of the late Crawford Berry and Mary Trollinger Bearden. Bearden was a retired automobile parts manager and a member of Reno Baptist Church. He served in the US Air Force's 9th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter group in the Pacific Theater during WWII. On Dec. 21, 1946, Bearden married Nell Holton who preceded him in death Jan. 3, 1976. He was also preceded in death by brothers Bill Bearden, Mark Bearden, Bobby Bearden and Jimmie Bearden On July 29, 1978, he married Dollie Watkins Sanders, who survives. Other survivors include sons and daughters in law Larry and Barbara Bearden, Carson and Annette Bearden, all of Cairo; daughter and son in law Elaine and Dave Bearden Fowler of Palm Bay, Fla.; Stepson and wife, Jake and Deborah Sanders of Cairo; grandchildren Sharon B. Thompson, Jody Bearden, Leanna Bearden, all of Cairo, Stephen Fowler, Christopher Fowler, both of Palm Bay, Casey Sanders of Athens, Shena Sanders of Cairo, Clint Whitfield of Ochlocknee, Melissa Glave of New Orleans, Michelle Celeya and Brandon Snipes of Cairo; great grandchildren Shelby Thompson, David Thompson, both of Cairo; brothers Johnny Bearden, Freddie Bearden, Rell Bearden, all of Cairo, Winston (Sonny) Bearden of Shelbyville, Tenn.; a sister, Marianne Henderson of Dalton. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at Clark Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Reno Baptist Church Building Fund, c/o Alice Dodson, 3855 Ga. Hwy. 111 S., Cairo, Ga. 39828. -- Clark Funeral Home
U.S., Social Security Death Index
Name: Douglas C. Bearden
SSN: 409-05-1463
Last Residence: 39828 Cairo, Grady, Georgia, USA
BORN: 30 Jan 1919
Died: 23 Jan 2004
State (Year) SSN issued: Tennessee (Before 1951)
Burial Reno, Grady, GA - Burial: Broome Family Cemetery
Plot: Row 8
Reno, Grady County, Georgia, USA
Inscription: Douglas C. Bearden Jan. 30, 1919 Jan. 23, 2004
Military headstone inscription: Douglas C Bearden SGT US Army Air Forces World War II Jan 30 1919 Jan 23 2004 Asiatic Pacific Theater
Person ID I22449 Drollinger Genealogy Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
Father Crawford Berry "CB" Bearden, b. 6 Nov 1892, Shelbyville, Bedford, TN d. 2 Mar 1975, Cairo, Grady, GA (Age 82 years) Mother Willie Mary Trolinger, b. 1 Dec 1896, Shelbyville, Bedford, TN d. 26 Jul 1970, Cairo, Grady, GA (Age 73 years) Family ID F568 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Rose Nell Holton, b. 11 Jul 1925, GA d. 3 Jan 1976, Dougherty, Dawson, GA (Age 50 years) Children 1. Douglas Larry Bearden, b. 23 Jul 1948, Cairo, Grady, GA d. 5 Sep 2016, Cairo, Grady, GA (Age 68 years)2. David Carson Bearden, b. 26 Feb 1952, Cairo, Grady, GA d. 19 Oct 2022, Cairo, Grady, GA (Age 70 years)Family ID F12994 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
Family 2 Dollie Mae Watkins Family ID F18450 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
- Services for Douglas Crawford Bearden, 84, of Cairo are at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 23, 2004 at Reno Baptist Church. The Rev. Charles Neely, Rev. George Stacy Williams, Rev. John Paul Hasick and Rev. Alan Hartsfield will officiate, and interment is in Broome Cemetery in Reno. Active pallbearers are Robert Bearden, Jr., Johnny Booth, Philip Palmer, Curtis Cofer, Tracy Bennett and Lee Wilkes. Honorary pallbearers are Neil Holton, Royal Cook, Duane Hopkins, Ronald Sellars, Dan Lewis, Rayford Bell, William Holton, Ralph Hammett and Walter Maxwell. Bearden died Friday, Jan. 23, 2004, at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Born Jan. 30, 1919 in Bedford County, Tenn., he was the son of the late Crawford Berry and Mary Trollinger Bearden. Bearden was a retired automobile parts manager and a member of Reno Baptist Church. He served in the US Air Force's 9th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter group in the Pacific Theater during WWII. On Dec. 21, 1946, Bearden married Nell Holton who preceded him in death Jan. 3, 1976. He was also preceded in death by brothers Bill Bearden, Mark Bearden, Bobby Bearden and Jimmie Bearden On July 29, 1978, he married Dollie Watkins Sanders, who survives. Other survivors include sons and daughters in law Larry and Barbara Bearden, Carson and Annette Bearden, all of Cairo; daughter and son in law Elaine and Dave Bearden Fowler of Palm Bay, Fla.; Stepson and wife, Jake and Deborah Sanders of Cairo; grandchildren Sharon B. Thompson, Jody Bearden, Leanna Bearden, all of Cairo, Stephen Fowler, Christopher Fowler, both of Palm Bay, Casey Sanders of Athens, Shena Sanders of Cairo, Clint Whitfield of Ochlocknee, Melissa Glave of New Orleans, Michelle Celeya and Brandon Snipes of Cairo; great grandchildren Shelby Thompson, David Thompson, both of Cairo; brothers Johnny Bearden, Freddie Bearden, Rell Bearden, all of Cairo, Winston (Sonny) Bearden of Shelbyville, Tenn.; a sister, Marianne Henderson of Dalton. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at Clark Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Reno Baptist Church Building Fund, c/o Alice Dodson, 3855 Ga. Hwy. 111 S., Cairo, Ga. 39828. -- Clark Funeral Home
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Event Map 
Birth - 30 Jan 1919 - Bedford County, TN 
Death - 23 Jan 2004 - Cairo, Grady, GA 
Burial - - Reno, Grady, GA = Link to Google Earth
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Broome Family Cemetery
Reno, Grady, GA