Born: August 16, 1928, Crockett, Texas.
Died: November 18, 2018, Pensacola, Florida.
Buried: Pensacola Memorial Gardens, Pensacola, Florida.
Les was the son of minister Lester Earling Beasley and Edna Eliza Stewart, and husband of Frances Beasley.
He grew up in many locations in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
During the Korean War, he served in the 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division.
After the war, he became lead singer for the Florida Boys, a Southern Gospel quartet he managed for almost half a century.
He also served as president of Beasley & Barker Music Publishers, Sacred Sound Publications, the Gospel Music Association (two years), and the Southern Gospel Music Association (later the Southern Gospel Music Guild).
He produced the Gospel Singing Jubilee, a national television program.