Leon Ambrose McAdams
(1914-1966)
Dorothy Nell Rufty
(1916-1997)
Joyce Ann McAdams
(1940-2020)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Henry Wallace Beeker

Joyce Ann McAdams 1

  • Born: 19 Apr 1940, Salisbury, Rowan, NC, USA 1
  • Marriage (1): Henry Wallace Beeker on 6 Sep 1960 in Danville, Danville, VA
  • Died: 14 May 2020, , Rowan, NC at age 80 1
  • Buried: Salisbury: Memorial Park Cemetery, Rowan, NC 1

   FamilySearch ID: G1LY-96P.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence: on 25 Jan 1966 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC, USA. 2

2. Obituary: on 17 May 2020 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC, USA. 2 Joyce Ann McAdams Plyler, 80, of Salisbury, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2020 at the Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks.
Born April 19, 1940 in Rowan County she was a daughter of the late Leon Ambrose McAdams and Dorothy Nell Rufty McAdams. She graduated from Boyden High School and attended Meredith College.
She was a member of First Presbyterian Church where she was a youth advisor and served on the Board of Elections. Mrs. Plyler enjoyed baking, decorating and reading.
In 1960 she married Wallace Hinton Plyler, Sr. who preceded her in death on April 27, 2013.
Left to cherish her memory are sons, Wallace "Jay" Plyler, Jr. and wife Jessica of Concord, Wesley Scott Plyler and wife Jodi of Rockwell, Michael Trent Plyler and wife Kelly of Sherrills Ford; granddaughters, Haileigh Plyler, Caroline Plyler, Victoria Plyler, Natalie Plyler and Sofia Plyler.
Service: A private graveside service will be held at Rowan Memorial Park with Rev. Randy Kirby officiating. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Memorials may be made to Foundation Fighting Blindness (donate.fightingblindness.org/webdonation) or Trinity Oaks, 728 Klumac Road, Salisbury, NC 28144.
Summersett Funeral Home is serving the Plyler family.


Joyce married Henry Wallace Beeker, son of William Henry Beeker and Zada "Wanda" Vivian Hall, on 6 Sep 1960 in Danville, Danville, VA. (Henry Wallace Beeker was born on 29 Mar 1938 in , Rowan, NC 3 and died on 27 Apr 2013 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC, USA.)


Sources


1 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210120032.

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 14 Aug 2025), entry for Joyce Ann McAdams, person ID G1LY-96P.

3 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC3P-B62 Henry Wallace Beeker, 29 Mar 1938 citing vol. 26, p. 831, Rowan, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.



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