Funeral services will be held Friday September 7, 2012 in the chapel of Colonial Funeral Home in Columbia at 1pm for Mrs. Josie B. Bedwell age 61 years of Foxworth who passed away Tuesday September 4, 2012 at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg. Interment will be in the Allen and Josie Bedwell Cemetery in the Holly Springs Community. She was a housewife, mother and a member of Holly Springs Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Allen Bedwell and her father Horace Beard. She is survived by her mother Wilma Brister Beard, a daughter Malissa Flowers(Mickey) of Sumrall, Ms. two sons Zachary Bedwell(Janet) of Hattiesburg, Quinton Bedwell(Marty) of San Angelo, Tx. a brother Glen Beard(Joyce) of Gulfport, Ms., five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.