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In re Estate of Bean12/1/2005
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Toy M. Bean was born in 1920 in rural Williamson County. Despite his lack of formal education, he became a successful businessman and farmer. He fought in World War II and rose to the rank of sergeant. Following his military service, he became a successful welder, and in 1947, he married Mary Francis Bean. They had six children together: Lola Parks Blanchet, Coy Matthew Bean, Mary Catherine Harper, Beverly Ann Iott, and twins Roberta Lynn Faulkner and Robert Glen Bean. The Beans raised their children on a 24-acre farm in Franklin, Tennessee.
While working as a welder, Mr. Bean also farmed and raised livestock. In addition to these pursuits, he invested in real estate in the Franklin area and earned income from renting these properties. Mr. Bean had a keen business sense and earned a reputation in the community as a tough but fair negotiator. He worked hard to earn a living for himself and his family, and he taught his children the value of money and thoughtful spending.
When he turned sixty-one in 1981, Mr. Bean retired from welding and began a business making ladder racks in a shop on his farm. As the Beans' children grew up, they moved away from the farm to start their own families. Only the Beans' youngest son, Robert Bean, continued to live on the farm. Robert Bean drifted from job to job after graduating from high school, and eventually, Mr. Bean asked him to work with him in his ladder rack business.
The Bean family was close-knit as the children were growing up, and the children continued to have a close relationship with their parents even after leaving home. Mr. Bean and Ms. Bean experienced some turmoil in their marriage and, at one point, divorced, only to remarry and then separate. Ms. Bean died in 1996 leaving a will that divided her property equally among her six children. Following Ms. Bean's death, Mr. Bean and Robert Bean became the sole occupants of the family farm. However, Mr. Bean's five other children visited their father often. They arranged family gatherings, checked on him frequently, cleaned his house, and talked with him by telephone almost every night.
As time passed, Mr. Bean began to experience a decline in his health. In 1997, he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, anemia, coronary artery disease, and a B-12 deficiency. Robert Bean was put in charge of making sure that his father received the care and medications he required. As a result of these and other medical problems, Mr. Bean became increasingly dependent on others for the first time in his life. He looked to Robert Bean and his other children for transportation and for assistance with his other needs.
Over the next year, Mr. Bean's older children began to experience difficulties contacting their father. Many times when they telephoned him, they would not receive an answer. When they made plans to visit him, they would find the farm house empty when they arrived. On occasion, Robert Bean denied his brothers and sisters access to the house. During this time, Robert Bean became more hostile toward his siblings, and they began to be concerned that he was using illegal drugs and drinking heavily at the house. When his siblings confronted Robert Bean with their suspicions, he became angry and, at times, violent. On other visits to the house, the children found Mr. Bean very upset because Robert Bean had passed out from drinking.
Robert Bean directed his hostility at Mr. Bean as well as his siblings. In 1997, Robert Bean telephoned his twin sister, Roberta Faulkner, to tell her that he had been arrested after he drove his truck through a gate on Mr. Bean's farm while chasing Mr. Bean. Mr. Bean apparently escaped to a neighbor's hou
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