to 1995. Beard later ran a Washington, D.C.-based import-export business and was at one time a resident of Alexandria, Virginia. Beard retired to Charleston County, South Carolina, where he later ran for a seat on the county school board in 2006 (Arthur Ravenel Jr., also a former U.S. Representative, ran successfully in the race.) Death Beard died from a brain tumor in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. His funeral was held at the Huguenot Church in Charleston, South Carolina. References External links 1939 births 2007 deaths State cabinet secretaries of Tennessee United States Marine Corps colonels Vanderbilt University alumni Businesspeople from Charleston, South Carolina Businesspeople from Alexandria, Virginia Politicians from Knoxville, Tennessee Politicians from Charleston, South Carolina Politicians from Alexandria, Virginia South Carolina Republicans Deaths from brain cancer in the United States Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American businesspeople