Tonya R. Beckett, PhD

Grew up on a 12-acre family farm in Lena, SC. When she was about six years old, her paternal grandfather, Horace Sr., bought a pony, Ranger. As an adolescent and teenager, she would often ask her father, Harry, for a horse. His responses were always the same. “A horse will kick the s^!+ outta ya.” And, “a horse is quick to die on ya.” Growing up, she vowed to one day own a horse that looked just like Barbie’s horse, Dallas (circa 1980). Over two decades passed.  Then in 2002,

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