Nelda Juanita Campbell Beard
Nelda Juanita Campbell Beard, age 79, was born on September 4, 1927, in Taylor County, Kentucky. After a brief battle with lung cancer, Juanita passed away at 7:15 P.M., Thursday, February 22, 2007, at her home, surrounded by her family and friends.She was the daughter of the late Alfonso Hershel Campbell and Maude Florence Bowen Campbell, the youngest of eight children. She was a life long resident of Campbellsville and a direct descendant of Adam Campbell, one of the founders of that city. She was married to W. R. Beard on September 13, 1947, for 59 years, and he survives. She is also survived by one son and two daughters: Darrell Beard, Kaye Potter and husband Steve of Louisville, and Diana Cowden and husband Bruce of Lexington; two grandchildren: Steve Potter, Jr. and wife Heather of Kansas City, Kansas and Natalie Pierce and husband Mark of Atlanta, Georgia; one great-granddaughter, Emma Potter of Kansas City, Kansas; one brother, Paul A. Campbell, Sr. and wife Sharon of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters: Merlin Campbell, John Campbell, Granville Campbell, Marie Binkley, Lucille Stich and Grace Simpson.Juanita graduated from Campbellsville High School in 1945 where she was a cheerleader for four years. She attended beauty school in Louisville, and returned to Campbellsville where she worked as a beautician at the Campbellsville Beauty Shop. After she married she worked with her husband at his family
