0000950134-97-004478 S-8 4 19970606 19970606 NYSE BEVERLY ENTERPRISES INC /DE/ 0000812305 8051 954100309 DE 1231 S-8 33 333-28691 97620425 1200 S WALDRON RD STE 155 FORT SMITH AR 72903 5014526712 S-8 1 000095013497004478-001-seq1-s-8.txt FORM S-8 EX-4.1 2 000095013497004478-002-seq2-ex-4-1.txt DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN EX-5.1 3 000095013497004478-003-seq3-ex-5-1.txt OPINION OF JOHN W. MACKENZIE, ESQ. EX-23.2 4 000095013497004478-004-seq4-ex-23-2.txt CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG L.L.P.