Deidra Hilliard Beene
Henderson, TN: Deidra Diane Hilliard Beene died Friday evening, March 7, 2014, at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville.
She was born in Franklin, KY, and moved to Henderson in 1975. She was the daughter of Jack Hilliard of Henderson and the late Lola Carter Hilliard. She graduated from Chester County High School in 1981, Freed-Hardeman University in 1983 and received her Masters at the University of Tennessee at Martin. She was working on her doctorate at the University of Memphis. She married Anthony Beene in 1985,and they made their home in the Montezuma Community.
Deidra worked at Blue Cross and Blue Shield for twelve years, and West Tennessee Business College for two years. She currently worked for The University of Tennessee at Martin, and had been the McNairy County/Selmer campus director since 2003.
She was a member of the West Star Class of 2005, Delta Kappa Gamma, and the McNairy County Higher Education Commission.
She is survived by a son, Alex Beene, of Henderson; her father Emerson Jasper “Jack” Hilliard of Henderson; and two brothers, Deryl Hilliard and wife Vicki of Henderson, and Mark Hilliard and wife Rosemary of Franklin.
Funeral services will be 4:00 PM Tuesday at the Henderson Church of Christ with Billy Smith, Scott Woods, Robert Lee, Alex Beene, Deryl Hilliard and Mark Hilliard officiating.
The family will receive friends at Shackelford –Casey Chapel from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM Monday, and Tuesday from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM at the church.
Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel
Henderson, Tennessee
731-989-2421