Mary Edna Beeker ^{1 2}

   Another name for Mary was Edna Mary Beeker.^{3 4 5 6 7}

   FamilySearch ID: 9KZK-1P3.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Steele Township, Rowan, NC. ⁸ The 1910 census recorded Charlie T. Beeker, farmer, 39, living with wife Lula E., 37; daughters Dasie L., 14, Myrtle M., 11; and Mary E., 9; and sons Erriel G., 5, and Harril T., 2. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

2. Newspaper: Winston-Salem Journal: Misses Daisy and Edna Beeker passed through the city yesterday en route to their new home at Sparta, Va., their parents having moved there recently from Mill Bridge, N. C., 28 Oct 1913, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC. ⁹

3. Census in 1920 in Steele Township, Rowan, NC. ¹⁰ The 1920 census recorded C. T. Beeker, farmer, 48, living with wife Lula E., 46; daughter Edna M., 19; and sons Grier E., 15; Harrall, 12; and Gray, 8. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

4. Census in 1930 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC. ¹¹ The 1930 census recorded Charley Beeker, 59, living with wife Lula, 58; daughter Edna, saleswoman in department store, 28; son Harold T., commercial trucker fruit, 23; daughter-in-law Frances, waitress in cafeteria, 19; and grandson James T., 2 years 4 months, and son A. Gray, usher in theater, 18. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

5. Census in 1940 in Atwell Township, Rowan, NC. ¹² The 1940 census recorded C. M. Gillesp [sic, as written by census taker], forester for C.C.C., 49, living with wife Edna, 39. They were born in North Carolina.

6. Residence: Rt. 2, Salisbury, NC on 4 Feb 1941 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC. ⁷

7. Census in 1950 in Atwell Township, Rowan, NC. ¹³ The 1950 census recorded Lula M. Beeker, widowed, 77, living with her daughter, Edna B. Gillespie, farm store operator, 49, and her son in law Clyde M. Gillespie, farm store operator, 59. They were born in North Carolina.

8. Occupation: retired milk producer on 2 Aug 1985 in Mill Bridge, Rowan, NC. ⁶

9. Obituary: Greensboro News and Record: obituary of Mrs. Mary Edna Gillespie on 3 Aug 1985 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ⁵ MRS. MARY EDNA GILLESPIE
SALISBURY -- Mrs. Mary Edna Beeker Gillespie, 85, of Route 2 died Friday at Rowan Memorial Hospital.
Funeral will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Thyatira Presbyterian Church, where she was a member.
She was a native of Rowan County and a retired dairy farmer.
Surviving are brother, Greer Beeker of Gastonia; sister, Mrs. Myrtle Choate of Sparta.
The family will be at Lyerly Funeral Home 7-8 p.m. today.

Mary married Clyde Mitchell Gillespie, son of Thomas Leroy Gillespie and Lucy Erwin, on 25 Jun 1933 in , Henry, VA.¹ (Clyde Mitchell Gillespie was born on 8 Aug 1890 in , Rowan, NC,^{14 15} died on 21 Jan 1970 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC ^{14 15} and was buried on 23 Jan 1970 in Mill Bridge: Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rowan, NC ^{14 15}.)