Jean Beasley, who turned her young daughter’s dying wish into a mission to save sea turtles, has died On the beaches of Topsail Island in North Carolina, the sight of a sea turtle crawling ashore has long signaled both urgency and hope. For many years, a woman with a clipboard and a watchful eye was o...

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'A true leader': Founder of Topsail's sea turtle hospital dies at 90 Jean Beasley founded the sea turtle hospital in the late 1990s and ran the popular facility for nearly three decades.

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She inspired a lot of us to volunteer and contribute guaranteeing her legacy and the Sea Turtle Hospital will continue.