Henry Jones Sherrill
(1874-1948)
Mary Ella Morrow
(1878-1971)
Ora Aquilla Sherrill
(1900-1971)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Glenn Busby Beeker Sr.

Ora Aquilla Sherrill 1 2

  • Born: 8 Jul 1900, , Catawba, NC 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Glenn Busby Beeker Sr.
  • Died: 9 Aug 1971, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC at age 71 1 2 3
  • Buried: 11 Aug 1971, Tyro: Sandy Creek Cemetery, Davidson, NC 1 2 3

   FamilySearch ID: LY3W-6ZZ.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC. 4 The 1940 census recorded at 413 West 15th Street in Winston-Salem: Glenn Beeker, assistant foreman at furniture factory, 34, living with wife Ora, looper in hosiery mill, 36; and daughter Joe Ann, 4. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

2. Residence: 2935 Patterson Ave., Winston-Salem, NC on 16 Feb 1942 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC. 5

3. Census in 1950 in Lexington, Davidson, NC. 6 The 1950 census recorded at 416 6th Avenue: Glen B. Beeker, foreman at furniture factory, living with wife Ora, knitter at hosiery mill, 48; daughter Joan, 15; and mother Mrs. Chas B., 80. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

4. Cause of Death: Ora died at N. C. Baptist Hospital from cardio-respiratory arrest, chronic renal failure, 9 Aug 1971, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC. 2

5. Occupation: reitred Hanes Hosiery on 9 Aug 1971 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC. 2

6. Residence: on 9 Aug 1971 in Lexington, Davidson, NC. 2

7. Obituary: Greensboro Daily News: obituary of Mrs. Ora Sherrill Beeker on 11 Aug 1971 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. 3 MRS. ORA SHERRILL BEEKER
LEXINGTON -- Mrs. Ora Sherrill Beeker, 70, wife of Glenn B. Beeker, of Rt. 5, died Monday at Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, after eight months' illness. Funeral will be 4 p.m. today at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Tyro.
She was a native of Catawba County and a retired employe of Hanes Hosiery Mill, Winston-Salem.


Ora married Glenn Busby Beeker Sr., son of Charles Lloyd Beeker Sr. and Mary Lula Giles. (Glenn Busby Beeker Sr. was born on 4 Dec 1903 in , Davidson, NC,5 7 8 died on 11 Dec 1987 in Lexington, Davidson, NC 7 9 10 and was buried on 13 Dec 1987 in Tyro: Sandy Creek Cemetery, Davidson, NC 7 9 10.)

Sources

1 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18916276.

2 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP7R-YT1 Ora Aquilla Sherrill Beeker, 09 Aug 1971; citing Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, cn27481.

3 Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), 11 Aug 1971, page 27, obituary of Mrs. Ora Sherrill Beeker.

4 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW3Q-BFR Glenn Beeker.

5 Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Glenn Busby Beeker b. 4 Dec 1903.

6 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X1B-TMZC Glen B Beeker Lexington NC.

7 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18916278.

8 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC4T-LB7 Glenn B Beeker, 04 Dec 1903 citing vol. 2, p. 159, Davidson, North Carolina.

9 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGCV-DVN Glenn Busby Beeker 11 Dec 1987; citing Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, v 51A certificate 51261.

10 Greensboro News & Record (Greensboro, NC), 12 Dec 1987, obituary of Glenn Busby Beeker.


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