Mr. Willie McBeath

May 5, 1958 - October 29, 2020

WILLIE MCBEATH WAS BORN MAY 5,1958 IN MADDEN, MISSISSIPPI. HE WAS THE SEVENTH SON BORN TO JB AND VENNIE MCBEATH. WILLIE WAS FROM A VERY LARGE FAMILY. HE WAS THE 15'" OUT OF 17 CHILDREN. WILLIE ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE, ATTENDING PINE GROVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH AND LEARNED TO SING ALONG SIDE OTHER TALENTED FAMILY MEMBERS. WILLIE RECEIVED HIS FORMAL EDUCATION IN THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. HE MOVED TO MILWAUKEE, WI, COMPLETED SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE. HE ALSO RECEIVED 2 CERTIFICATIONS IN LEADERSHIP AND SUPERVISORY MANAGEMENT. AFTER GRADUATION WILLIE WORKED AS A SUPERVISOR IN MANAGEMENT AND VARIOUS POSITIONS IN PRODUCTION AND GALVANIZING. IN HIS LEISURE HE ENJOYED ATTENDING CHURCH, SINGING, READING, COOKING AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WILLIE HAS FIVE CHILDREN-ERNEST AND JERMAIN COBBINS, KEVIN WHIGHAMS AND DIA HANEY. IN 1996, WILLIE MARRIED LYNETTE KLECKLEY AND THEY HAD ONE SON, MARQUIS MCBEATH. WILLIE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, JB AND VENNIE MCBEATH; HIS SON, WILLIE JERMAIN COBBINS; BROTHERS, R.L. MCBEATH, L.V. MCBEATH, MARVIN MCBEATH, CARLJAY MCBEATH, JAMES LEVON MCBEATH, TOMMY WAYNE MCBEATH; SISTERS, DIANE MCBEATH, BETTY ANN MCBEATH, AND BOBBIE ANN MCBEATH. WILLIE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS PRECIOUS MEMORIES: HIS LOVING WIFE, LYNETTE KLECKLEY MCBEATH; 3 SONS, ERNEST COBBINS, KEVIN WHIGHAMS AND MARQUIS (SHAUNA) MCBEATH; 1 DAUGHTER, DIA HANEY; 2 BROTHERS, JOHNNY MCBEATH OF MISSISSIPPI AND JIMMY (DEAN) MCBEATH OF ATLANTA; 4 SISTERS, EARNESTINE TRIPLETT, WILLIE EARL SANDERS, BRENDA WHITE AND HELEN JOYCE (WEST) HOLYFIELD; 5 GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS COUSINS AND FRIENDS.