Our walk today was dedicated in honor of:
Army Veteran SGT Wright H Beaty, Age 69 of Fentress County, TN
Died May 24 1992
He was a local retired Fentress County teacher
Mr. Beaty was a member of the Little Crab Masonic Lodge #614 and the West Fentress Baptist Church. Mr. Beaty was a veteran of World War II. He was a recipient of a Purple Heart. He gave 32 years of dedicated service to the Fentress County School system. Mr. Beaty began his teaching career on August 21, 1950 at the Sweet Gum Grove School. He taught here one year and went next to the Manson School where he taught for 2 years. During the period of August 1953 – May 1956. Mr. Beaty spent one year each at the following schools, Allardt Elementary, York Elementary and Pine Haven. August 1957 – May 1959 Mr. Beaty taught at Bowden School. West Fentress Elementary opened in August 1959. Mr. Beaty was the first principal at West Fentress School. He held this position until May 1967. He then moved to teach at yhork Elementary where he remained until May 1972. During the 1972-1973 school year Mr. Beaty served as attendance teacher for the Fentress County School system. The following year Mr. Beaty returned to West Fentress elementary where he remained until his retirement in May 1982.
He is buried in the Fentress Memory Garden, Jamestown, TN.
We had a great 8.19 Mile walk today. Our walk today was in Jamestown Tennessee. We walked from the courthouse to SGT Beaty’s grave in the Fentress Memory Garden. While we were their we visited several of our brothers and then we walked back to town. I want to thank my friend Robert for driving us to Jamestown today and walking with us. I want to thank everyone who honked, waved, and saluted in helping us honor this hero. We had 45 honks this morning. It was amazing. Thank you.
Army Veteran SGT Wright H Beaty will not be forgotten !
