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Vincson Woodrow Beasley
Date of Death or Service Feb 25, 2022
Vincson Woodrow Beasley
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Funeral Services are scheduled for Friday, February 25, 2022, at the Bon Aqua United Methodist Church.  Visitation is from 12:00 to 2:00 at the church, prior to the service.  There will be a graveside service following in the Bon Aqua United Methodist Church Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Bon Aqua United Methodist Church, Helping Hands of Hickman Co., or the charity of your choice.

In the early morning hours of February 18, 2022, Vincson Woodrow Beasley passed away quietly in his sleep after living his eighty-six years on his own terms.  He is preceded in death by his parents William Henry and Myrtle Mangrum Beasley, his bothers William H. Beasley Jr. (Maudell), James A. Beasley Sr. (Lucille), and his sister Margaret McCall (Bob).  He is survived by his wife of forty-one years Jeanne Beasley, his six children Mark A. Beasley (Dewaynia), Wesley R. Beasley (Renee), Jeannetta M. Hitt (Marvin), Donna Ray (Henry), Lavern Wrightsman (Mike), Jewell Beasley, his eleven grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Vince was born at home in College Grove, TN and spent much of his childhood on the Cold Saturday Farm in Williamson County, TN.  He loved animals and especially horses.    As a young man he raced his pony at the Iroquois Steeplechase in Brentwood.  It became a family tradition and later he would bring the wagon and his horses to ride the infield with his children.

Beginning as a young man, he often worked two or three jobs at a time including the Sunbeam Bakery, a gas station attendant, and a carpenter. He also plowed gardens, “bush hogged”, drove a fire truck for Brentwood Fire Department, and worked as a herdsman for Tennessee Select Sires for over forty-two years.  Hard work was a family affair.  When he baled hay, everyone came to help.  He bought and converted an old vehicle into an ice cream truck so that his girls could sell ice cream in the neighborhoods, using the extra money to vacation in Florida.  Later he helped his young sons start a lawn service that lasted almost three decades while teaching hard work and valuable life lessons.

Even though he didn’t graduate from high school he was one of the smartest men we ever knew.  He could fix almost anything and build almost anything with a few sketches, a list of materials, and his own two hands.   He often solved problems that stumped the engineers at his daughter’s work by picturing it step by step in his mind. 

Vince was a horseman and later in life a mule skinner.  He managed a stable, boarded horses, and taught his daughters and sons to break horses to ride and show.  As he grew older, he enjoyed training mules and going on wagon rides.  There was nothing like a Saturday afternoon in the wagon with friends, family, and his dog.  He raised a variety of dog breeds, a variety of horse breeds from big Percherons to Shetland ponies.  He loved animals and made sure there were lots of animals for Jeanne’s kindergarten class to enjoy when they came to their farm every year.  There were chickens, guineas, ducks, emus, pot-bellied pigs, rabbits, cows, horses, mules, and some wild critters too.  His children were never sure what or who was on the table for dinner.

Vince had a tremendous sense of fairness and being a man of his word.  He expected that of his family and friends.  He always had a buck knife on his hip, a handkerchief in his pocket, and a cowboy hat on his head with a toothpick in the band.  He told his children to always pay attention because you never knew what was going to happen.  He had the stories to back that up, from flipping tractors, sliding flatbed trucks with trailers, crazy drivers, drunken horsemen, bar room brawls, skittish horses, and so many more.  Most of his life he didn’t feel he deserved forgiveness but at the age of eighty he recognized the free gift of salvation, accepted Christ, and was baptized in the creek along with three of his grandchildren.

At this point, Vince would ask, “Are you writing a book, if so, leave this chapter out.”  He will be missed but we appreciate the lessons he taught us all and the love he chose to give us.  Rest in peace.

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