William Erastus Beeker ^{2 3 4 5 6}

   Other names for William were Bill Beeker ^{3 8} and Billie Beeker.

   FamilySearch ID: LKQD-L2Z.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Lexington Township, Davidson, NC. ⁹ The 1940 census recorded 3 Beeker households living on Arnold Road in Lexington Township.

Owning a $1500 house was Ras Beeker, farmer, 64, living with his wife Jennie, 66; and daughter Buelah, 29, single.

Owning a $1000 home was Gilford Beeker, carpenter, 44, living with wife Dora, 42; and daughter Lela M., 9.

Owning a $1000 house was Harvey P. Beeker, construction engineer, 36, with his wife Mae, 38; daughter Imogene, 16; son Boyd, 11; daughter Ann, 9; daughter Martha, 7; and son Billie, 1.
Everyone was born in North Carolina and they lived in the same place in 1935.
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2. Census in 1950 in Belton, Anderson, SC. ¹⁰ The 1950 census recorded Harvey P. Beeker, crane operator for Duke Power Co., 46, living with wife May, 48; William R., 10; and Cynthia, 8. They were born in North Carolina.

3. Occupation: maintenance on 9 Dec 1984 in Welcome, Davidson, NC. ⁵

4. Residence: Center Church Rd, Welcome, NC on 9 Dec 1984 in Welcome, Davidson, NC. ⁵

5. Obituary: Greensboro News and Record: Obituary of William Erastus Beeker on 10 Dec 1984 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ⁶ WILLIAM ERASTUS BEEKER
LEXINGTON -- William Erastus Beeker, 45, of Center Church Road, Welcome, died Sunday in Winston-Salem Convalescent Center.
Funeral will be 4 p.m. Tuesday at Center United Methodist Church, where he was a member.
He was a native of Davidson County, a former maintenance employee at R. J. Reynolds Co. in Winston-Salem and a member of Lexington Masonic Lodge No. 473.
Surviving are son, Phillip Beeker of Welcome; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey P. Beeker of Welcome; brother, Boyd Beeker of Welcome; sisters, Mrs. Charles Blankenship of Irvin, Texas, Mrs. Foy Williams of Springfield, Va., Mrs. Jerry Hollified of Wilmington, Mrs. Doug Chrisman of Alexandria, Va.
The family will be at Davidson Funeral home 7-9 p.m. today.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

William married Carolyn Whisnant, daughter of Ira "Ike" Whisnant and Beadie Mae Crowell, on 19 May 1967 in Lexington, Davidson, NC.¹ (Carolyn Whisnant was born on 28 Sep 1937 in , Davidson, NC ¹¹ and died on 31 May 2014 in Wake Forest, Wake, NC ¹¹.)