Sheriff Beaudry

**Sheriff Franklin Tobias Beaudry (b. 1923)** is the sheriff of Raccoon County and the head of law enforcement of Sheldon, North Carolina.

### Relatives

Unknown Birth Father (deceased)
Unknown Birth Mother (deceased)
Big John Robinson (adoptive grandfather, deceased)
Amos Beaudry (adoptive father, deceased)
Tallulah Robinson Beaudry Beaudry (adoptive mother)
Marlene Beaudry (adoptive sister)
Norma June Beaudry (adoptive sister)
Ethel Beaudry (adoptive sister)
Elijah Robinson (adoptive uncle)
Lorraine May Stubbs Robinson (adoptive aunt)
Michelle Robinson (adoptive cousin)
Peggy Sue (Wife)
Benjamin Beaudry (oldest son)
Darlene Beaudry (daughter)
Jacob Beaudry (youngest son)

### Occupation

Sheriff of Raccoon County
World War II Veteran

## Biographical information

### Date of birth

February 14th, 1923 (age 39)
(age 100 today)

## Early life

Frank T. Beaudry was born in Sheldon, North Carolina on Valentine's Day, 1923 as an orphan. According to him, he was left on the doorstep of the Beaudry's, an African-American family, with nothing but a blue blanket, an empty locket with his name on it, and a birth certificate without his birth-parents signatures. The family then took him in and raised him as their own.

His adoptive father was a deputy in the Raccoon County Sheriff's Department, one of the first African-American police officers in that part of the country, hence where he got his fascination with law enforcement. As a child, he used to play cops and robbers with his friends and dreamed that he too would follow in his father's footsteps.

When Frank was 5 years old, he accidentally set fire to the outhouse whilst playing with matches. Luckily the damage was only minor and Frank only got a tanning from his mother.

He enrolled in Raccoon County Elementary School as a child, but due to the Jim Crow laws at the time, his parents never revealed themselves to the schoolmaster, fearing they may kick young Beaudry out. Luckily, Frank was a model student and the school board believed he was being raised by the church according to a local pastor who accompanied Beaudry during a PTA conference. On paper, he was being raised by the Church, in reality, he was being raised by the Beaudry family.

In 1930, Frank's father took him along on his patrol of the town. They then came across some of Rico Giordano's men harassing a shop owner for protection money. Frank's father drew out his shotgun and commanded them to surrender, only to be shot in the chest. These were his last words to Frank before he died. "Remember son, Justice".

After the death of his father, Beaudry went under the wing of his grandfather, Big John Robinson, who was the first and former Sheriff of Raccoon County. Big John taught the young Frank everything he needed to know, how to shoot a gun, helping out others, and making sure justice is carried out and served.

In May 1941, after his High School graduation, he enrolled at the Raccoon County Police Academy and became a deputy.

## Military Career

In 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was first stationed at Fort Gordon. After Christmas of 1942, he was transferred to Camp Maxey in Texas and joined the 793rd Military Police Battalion. During his time at Fort Maxey, he took up boxing and won some championships and later reached the rank of Corporal.

In February 1944, the 793rd was deployed and stationed at Scotland. It was during his time in the U.K. that he helped the Home Guard with their patrols and also caught a German Spy, thus promoting him to Sergeant 1st Class. In August of 1944, the 793rd were deployed to France to protect truck convoys on the Red Ball Express route. He later saw combat at the Battle of Remagen. During the final day of the battle, Beaudry took a bullet to the gut and was sent to a hospital in England. By the time he recovered, the war in Europe was coming to a close and was medically discharged in late April of 1945.

During his service, Beaudry received the Purple Heart, the Legion of Merit, the Silver Star, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Soldier's Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and the Victory Medal.

## His War against Rico Giordano

After his return from the Army, Beaudry went back to the R.C.S.D. to once again be a deputy for his old friend Sean Mulligan. Only to find he was murdered under "mysterious circumstances". Feeling suspicious over the death of his old friend and seeing the crooked nature of Joe Ross, the acting Sheriff, and his running opponent in the election, Cameron Earle, Beaudry decided to Run for the Sheriff position instead.

Rico Giordano, the local Sicilian Mob Boss, saw Beaudry as a wrench that could be thrown into his works, so hired several hitmen to remove Beaudry from the picture, only for those hitmen to ether met their fates or ending up captured and forced to turn rat to prevent a long prison sentence.

Giordano, seeing he was running out of options, decided to team up with his rival, Kingsley Nash, the head of the Dixie Mob, in order to get rid of Beaudry, even as far as trumping up some charges against Beaudry's behavior. But Luckily for Beaudry, those charges were soon dropped due to the lack of evidence. One by one, Beaudry took out all of Giordano and Nash's operations. Even Earle, seeing that it was only a matter of time, decided to drop out of the race and Joe Ross decided to turn rat against Giordano.

On August 3rd, 1945, Beaudry cornered both Nash and Giordano in the Railroad hotel near the K&A depot with not only the other deputies, but also the FBI, the county constabulary, and the State Police with him to apprehend the mob bosses. After a large gunfight (with Nash losing his life), Giorando finally surrendered and was arrested. Giordano was sentenced to life in prison without parole and Beaudry got elected Sheriff. Soon after, Beaudry married his sweetheart, Peggy Sue Johnston. As of 1962, Beaudry is still the Sheriff of Raccoon County.

## Fight against the Constabulary and the Mob

Since the mid -1940s, Beaudry had been trying to get a case against Chief Constable Cameron Earle, who according to some sources, had been running illegal gambling and moonshining operations as well as police corruption, bribery, and racism. There had also been rumors that Earle had some ties with the mob, who were helping Earle with his election campaign.

In the mid 1950s, Sheriff Beaudry began working with the local equal rights activists to help remove the Jim Crow laws and to help bring Earle to justice.

## Personality

Beaudry is seen as a tough, stone-faced, by the book lawman with a big attitude. But he does have a soft tender inside. He's incorruptible and doesn't take any sass from anyone (including Mayor Stewart) who thinks they are entitled to everything.

## Trivia

* *Sheriff Beaudry is based on Andy Taylor, Enos Strade, and Buford Pusser. Like Buford Pusser, who was the Sheriff of Adamsville, Tennessee, Buford declared war on the mob during his term as Sheriff from 1964 until 1972.*
* *His favorite sidearm is a Colt Model 1917 revolver chambered in .45 ACP.*
	+ *According to him, this weapon was his father, Amos', service revolver from World War 1.*
* *He owns an apartment building whom let rents out to needy families and to mostly house parolees in order to keep an eye on them.*
* *Sheriff Beaudry is also the Fire Chief of the Raccoon County Volunteer Fire Department.*

## Gallery

A photo of Sheriff Beaudry and Chief Deputy Robinson in front of their patrol car in 1959.A younger Frank Beaudry in 1941.Sheriff Beaudry and Chief Deputy Robinson chase after Sandy.