Kenneth Bruce Beauchamp was a beloved grandfather, dad, husband and son. He was a longtime resident of Princeton, TX where for the last seven years he held a seat on the city council. He served 10 years with the Princeton Fire Department and was an honorary fire chief. Mr. Beauchamp died Wednesday after suffering a heart attack. He was 58.
Mr. Beauchamp was born in Dallas and graduated from South Garland High School in 1974. Three years later he went to work as a draftsman for GTE, now Verizon, where he had a successful career spanning more than three decades as a lineman, cable splicer, construction manager and local manager where oversaw crew maintenance and installation as well as general customer service. “He retired and it only lasted a few months. He was going to work until the day he died and that was just his way,” said his son, Brian Beauchamp.
Mr. Beauchamp was a prolific hunter, a sport he enjoyed sharing with his son.”He was a different person when we were at the deer lease. He wasn’t a manager, a supervisor. He was my dad. Everything went away and we had me and him time,” his son said.
Mr. Beauchamp’s love for his family surpassed all of his other passions. A recent grandfather, Mr. Beauchamp could often be found at his son’s home fishing or boating with his three grandsons.
“He was a really good hunter. He gave strong bear hugs. They were so strong,” said his first grandson, Wyatt Beauchamp. “He loved me to death.”
Mr. Beauchamp is survived by his wife, Glenda Beauchamp, son, Brian Beauchamp and wife, Stephanie of Graham, TX, daughter, Jessica Beauchamp and husband Jacob of Dallas, TX, daughter, Jennifer Beauchamp and her partner, Brooks of Dallas, TX, mother, Christeen Beauchamp and mother-in-law, Betty Wyatt. Mr. Beauchamp has four grandsons, Wyatt, Weston, Will and Daniel as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins. A lifelong friend, Bobby Krannig, also survives him. His father, Scott Beauchamp, his uncle, Kenneth Kimbrell and his father-in-law, Walter Glenn Wyatt, precedes him in death.
A viewing will be held Friday from 6-8 p.m. at Faith Baptist Church in Princeton. Services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Faith Baptist Church followed by a burial at Princeton Cemetery. Daytime visitation will be held Friday and Saturday at Hurst’s Fielder-Baker funeral home in Farmersville.