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==Personal life==

==Personal life==

Beard was reared in Franklin Parish, south of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]. After the death of her first husband, Ira James Tilley, Hazel Beard married Charles Carroll Beard (November 24, 1920 - May 30, 2002). After her term as mayor ended, the Beards moved to Kingsland, Texas. She died in Marble Falls at the age of ninety-two.

Beard was reared in Franklin Parish, south of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]. After the death of her first husband, Ira James Tilley, Hazel Beard married Charles Carroll Beard (November 24, 1920 - May 30, 2002). After her term as mayor ended, the Beards moved to Kingsland, Texas. She died in Marble Falls, Texas, at the age of ninety-two, just a few months after the passing of her husband.

Beard did not receive her college degree until 1985, when at the age of fifty-five, she graduated from Louisiana State University Shreveport with a degree in education. In 2007, she received the LSUS "Distinguished Alumnus Award" when she delivered the commencement address in a ceremony at the CenturyTel Center in [[Bossier City]].  

Beard did not receive her college degree until 1985, when at the age of fifty-five, she graduated from Louisiana State University Shreveport with a degree in education. In 2007, she received the LSUS "Distinguished Alumnus Award" when she delivered the commencement address in a ceremony at the CenturyTel Center in [[Bossier City]].

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