Tressie Lee Beck Prince

Tressie Lee Beck Prince, 95, of Tyler, Texas was born on July 24, 1929, in Redford, Missouri to Robert and Ollie Bounds and passed from this life on December 24, 2024, in Tyler, Texas. Tressie attended school in Centerville, Missouri. She married Orville Beck on August 12, 1950, and they had two children, a son, Teddy Lynn Beck, and a daughter, Brenda Lee Beck Dean. In 1964, Tressie went to cosmetology school. Brenda would help her study and was her model when she went to her state board exam. In 1966, they moved to Fredericktown, Missouri, where Tressie had her beauty shop in her home. In 1969, they moved to Columbia, Tennessee, where she operated the Beauty Clinic. Orville passed away on November 8, 1975. On October 23, 1982, she married Aubrey F. Prince. After marrying Aubrey, they took square dancing lessons and danced with the Dixie Diamonds of Columbia, TN. She also took clogging lessons – “good exercise,” she said. Aubrey passed away on February 5, 1993. In October 1998 she moved to Tyler, Texas to be near her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed being close to her “Grands” and watching them grow. Shiloh Road Church of Christ was her “church home.” She was a faithful and active member of their singles group. Tressie had a “green thumb.” If she planted it, it grew. She was a woman like the woman of Proverbs 31. Jesus was her strength and refuge. Those left to cherish her memory are her daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Billy Ray Dean; grandchildren, Rebekah Dean Brown, Luke Dean (Katie), Sarah Smith (Russell), and Laura Picato; nine great-grandchildren; brothers-in-law, Bob Beck, and Fred Beck; sister-in-law, Louella Pope (Lloyd); and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; son, Ted Beck; grandson, Terry Beck; grandson-in-law, Barry Brown, three brothers, and four sisters. A special thanks to our friend and caregiver, Jan Richardson. Also a special thanks to Hospice of East Texas. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 2:00 pm at the Shiloh Road Church of Christ in Tyler, Texas. Burial will be at a later date, at Polk Memorial Gardens in Columbia, Tennessee with Billy Ray Dean officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of McWhorter Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Camp Deer Run, 1227 CR 4590, Winnsboro, TX 75494. Please visit Tressie’s online registration book at www.mcwhorterfh.com to leave a memory for the family.

Tressie Lee Beck Prince

July 24, 1929 - December 24, 2024