Neil Allen Beckmann

Neil Allen Beckmann, age 66, died January 10, 2022. He was was born to Faye (Brown) and Roy Allen Beckmann in Bellville, Texas on June 29, 1955. He was baptized at Nelsonville Brethren Church and began life with many Beckmann relatives in the nearby communities, including Bleiblerville. In third grade, he moved with his parents and younger twin sisters, to Snook, Texas and later graduated from Snook High School. He cherished many people in Snook and would occasionally return to cheer the Snook High basketball teams in recent years.

Neil inherited a love of ranching, rodeos, outdoors and never lost his interest in cattle or horses. As a teenager, he participated in rodeos by riding bulls. He worked for multiple ranches over his career, but lived mostly between Lago Vista and Marble Falls, Texas. He especially loved raising registered cattle and showing them at major livestock shows around Texas and beyond. He was happy to share his wealth of knowledge about cattle, animals, and the outdoors with others, especially his grandkids. Later in life, when most men take up calmer and safer hobbies, he began to raise bucking bulls and take them to various bull bucking events around Texas. His bulls had tough sounding names to go with attitudes, and he was usually the only one brave enough to enter the pen with them! Lately, he endured physical pain but without complaining and stayed hopeful about his future. He also shared a family trait of “never meeting a stranger,” and spent a lifetime honing the art of story telling with his many friends.

As a husband, brother, father, grandfather, uncle, cousin, and friend, he will be missed tremendously.

Neil was proceeded in death by his parents, Roy Beckmann and Faye (Brown) Briggs.

He is survived by his wife, Tresia; daughters Laura (Matt) Forrester, and Stacy (Mark) Wise,; step-children, Bubba Amidon and Karen (Dyrel) Collins; grandchildren: Beck, Ruth Ann, Winnie and Gus Forrester, and Taylor and Eli Wise, and Ashlee (Garrett) Gilmore, Corey Amidon, Krysta (Angel) Alvarez, Allyssa (Gary) Nipp, and Garret (Lily) Collins; and great-grand children: Mackenzi, Hayden and Brielle Gilmore, Weston and Braylee Amidon, Olivia and Amelia Alvarez, Trent and Brooklan Nipp and Kayden and Shyann Nipp; sisters, Sharon (Roger) Caldwell and Karen (Marshall) Teal; and nieces and nephews, Heather Caldwell, Cody (Summer) Caldwell, Bradley (Morgan) Prihoda and a host of cousins, great nieces, great nephews, and friends whose lives filled him with joy.

Pallbearers are Mark Wise, Matthew Forrester, Beck Forrester, Bradley Prihoda, Cody Caldwell, and Bubba Amidon.

Family and friends are invited to a Visitation on Friday, January 14, 2022 from 11 to 1:45 at Clements-Wilcox Funeral Home, 1805 Hwy. 281 N, Marble Falls, Texas 78654. Family and friends are also invited to attend the Graveside Burial on Friday, January 14, 2022 at 2:30 at Smithwick Cemetery, 11300 E FM 1431, Marble Falls, Texas. Reception to follow at Smithwick Community Center.