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THE PARIS NEWS-Mar.4,1938- DR. A. C. BIARD DIES HERE FRIDAY Funeral Service* Are Set For Saturday Afternoon Dr. A. C. Biard, 81, died at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Sanitarium of Paris after an illness of three weeks. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence, 165 East Washington street, with the Rev. Travis White, pastor of the First Christian church, officiating. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Nannie Biard; three sons, Jeff B. Biard of Marshall, Morris Biard and A. C. Biard, Jr., of Paris; and two daughters, Mrs. Callye Langley of Paris, and Mrs. A. H. Perkins of Houston. Dr. Biard was one of the pioneer families of Lamar county. He was born March 24, 1876, at Biardstown. In 1909 Dr. Biard graduated from ' the Louisville Medical college of Louisville, Ky., and during the World war served as a first lieutenant in the medical corps, at Fort Riley, Kan. From 1927 to 1936 he served as house (surgeon for the Texas & Pacific railroad hospital in Marshall. Dr. Biard was a member of the | American Legion, Masonic lodge and First Christian church.
MANTON-FRY FUNERAL BULLETIN-March 4,1938- Dr. Andrew Crowder Biard was born March 24,1876 near Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas. His father was Thomas Jefferson Biard, born at Biardstown Jan,20,1850. His mother was Nancy Ann Crowder born at Old Tarrant, Hopkins Co., Texas, Apr. 16,1854. Dr. Biard was educated in the rural schools. Prof. A.J. Streets, Charleston Collage, Delta County and the Louisville College of Medicine, Louisville, Ky. receiving his M.D. degree in 1909. He was married Nov. 4,1903 tp Miss Nannie Braden whose home was south of Paris, Lamar Co. by the Rev. G. Lyle Smith, pastor of the First Christian Church in Paris. Dr. Biard was united with the Christian Church at Antioch when he was 16 years of age, being baptized by the Rev. Henry Trimble. He and his family lived at Pattonville, Texas where he practiced medicine, from their marriage until 1917 when he volunteered his services to his country during the World War. He served as 1st. Lieutenant in the Medical Corp. and was stationed at Ft. Reilly, Kan. After the close of the war, he lived at Wolfe City and Greenville, Texas for short periods of time then he moved to Denton where they lived for five years. From Denton he moved to Marshall, Texas where he served as house physician at the Texas and Pacific R.R. Hospital from 1927 to 1936. The he served as Medical Director to U.S. CCC Camps for eight months. Serving at Bonham and Milam Texas. In 1936 He moved his family to Paris, coming there himself to stay Jan. 1,1937 where he remained until his death in the Sanitarium of Paris of complicated stomach trouble March 4,1938. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris. Services being conducted by the Rev. Travis White of the First Christian Church; Manton-Fry being in charge. He was a Democrat, a prohibitionist, a member of the American Legion and a Knight Templer Degree Mason, No. 22 AF&AM. He left five children, Mrs. Callie Langley, Morris S. and A.C. Jr. all of Paris. Jeff B. Biard of Marshall and Mrs. A.H. Perkins, of Houston, Texas. Three grandchildren Nancy Joyce and Carolyn of Marshall and Arthur Herman Perkins of Houston.
On the same stone with Nancy Braden Biard.
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