Richard Eugene Bearden, age 57 of Centre, passed away Saturday, April 1st at Cherokee Medical Center.

Funeral services will be 3:PM Tuesday, April 4th at Perry Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Melvyn Salter officiating; burial will follow in Monger Cemetery in Jacksonville. The family will receive friends from 1 until 3:PM Tuesday, at the funeral home.

Pallbearers include Jeff Parsons, Jeff Rollins, Tony Parker, Cody Watson, Coty Jones, Nick Merrin, Scott Hurst.

Survivors include his daughter, Sherry Gay (Jeff) Rollins of Munford; sister, Doris Bearden (James) Lane of Rome, GA; 5 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren; several nieces & nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Christopher Bearden; daughter, Stacey Gay Foster; brothers, William Clay Bearden, Jr; grandparents, Henry Clay & Lottie Bearden, Frank & Lilly Mae Cox.

Mr. Bearden was a native of Floyd County, GA, the son of the late William Clay and Mary M. Cox Bearden and was a member of Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church.