Turner Claude  "T.C."  Beard age 86 of Watertown, died Thursday morning, July 30, 2026 at Woodbury Health & Rehabilitation Center in Woodbury, TN. Born Nov. 17, 1939 in Watertown, he was the son of the late Claude Turner Beard and Vallie Putty Beard and was preceded in death by his wife, Judy Donoho  Beard.

T.C. was a graduate of Watertown High School,  a 25 year retiree of AVCO and owned and operated Beard's Lake for 30 years, a well known fishing and recreational area in Watertown. He later served 13 years with the Wilson Co. Sheriff's Dept. He was a founding member of Poplar Hill Baptist Church.

T.C. is survived by his cousins, William (Eugenia) Beard, Brandi (Eugene) McGee and Lauren, Glen (Joy) Beard, Virginia Poston, Barbara Martin, Sharon (Tony) Lafata, Karen (Dennis) Slater; and special friends, J.C. Morris and Joyce Bryan.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026 at Hunter Funeral Home with Bro. David Lawson  officiating. Visitation will be on Sunday from 11 a.m. till service time. Pallbearers, Daryl Beard, David Beard, Eugene McGee, Andy Poston, John Poston, Shane Raines. Honorary pallbearers, Terry Ashe, Wilson Co. Sheriff's Dept. and Lebanon Senior Citizens Center. Interment will follow at Poplar Hill Cemetery.

Special appreciation to the nurses and staff at Woodbury Health and Rehabilitation Center.