Dorothy Mai Beach Joslin

Mrs. Dorothy Mai Beach Joslin, daughter of the late Hershall and Mildred Beach was born April 18, 1928 in Nashville, TN. She attended the Nashville public schools until the age of 12 when she left to care for her siblings. At a very early age she professed her faith in Christ and later was a member and mother of the Abysennia Missionary Baptist Church in north Nashville. She was united in holy matrimony to Willie D. Joslin in 1975.

Mrs. Joslin was an active member of the church and her community. She worked as a cook in different restaurants and even owned her own restaurant. She enjoyed reading, cooking, gardening, and shopping for high end fashion. Mrs. Joslin counseled those in need on a daily basis and was a pillar in the community. As a result of her generous spirit, pleasant personality, and infectious humor, she was loved by many.

Her life as a Christian was as beautiful as the owers and vegetables that she cultivated over the years. She had a magical green thumb and could grow just about anything from her garden. Her influence will forever remain in the lives of all who knew her. She peacefully departed this life, Saturday December 23, 2018 at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, TN surrounded by loved ones. She was preceded in death by her son, Richard Williams; sisters, Katie Lockett, Helen Beach, Mildred Lavender, and Rose Cosby.

Her beautiful life will forever be cherished in the lives of her children: Eddie Beach, Charles Beach, Doris Dumasane (Sipho), Christine Jordan, Tim Beach Sr. , Shirley Williams-Buggs (Robert), Lyndon Williams (Mary), Willie Mae Joslin, Rita Williams, and Ramona Williams Johnson (Shawn Sr.); devoted grandson, Timothy Beach Jr; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, great great grandchildren, nieces, nephews,cousins and friends.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear:
Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after;
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion:
In the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me;
He shall set me up upon a rock.
Palm 27: 1,3,5