sentences:  Coming to grasp with wanting to stay in the group but also wanting to have a life of a married woman and mother, Beard opted to leave the group in June, 1964.Her last recording session with the group was the "Jimmy Mack / 3rd Finger Left Hand" session on June 18, 1964.Beard was replaced by former Velvelettes member Betty Kelly when she "retired" to care for her family and work for St John's Hospital in her native Detroit.