George Washington Beeker
(1840-1934)
Mary Elizabeth Sharp
(1842-1909)
John Smith Giles
(1832-1892)
Carolyn Isabelle "Belle" Burton
(1847-1877)
Charles Lloyd Beeker Sr.
(1867-1949)
Mary Lula Giles
(1869-1955)
Bessie Lucille Beeker
(1908-1967)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Marvin Leonard Lee

Bessie Lucille Beeker 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 17 Jun 1908, Tyro, Davidson, NC 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Marvin Leonard Lee on 21 Jan 1934 in High Point, Guilford, NC 1
  • Died: 8 Jun 1967, Richmond, Henrico, VA at age 58 4 7
  • Buried: High Point: Floral Garden Memorial Park, Guilford, NC 4

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Tyro, Davidson, NC. 8 The 1910 census recorded Charles L. Becker [sic, as indexed, but handwriting is Beeker], farmer, 42, living with wife Lula, 43; Elmo L., farm laborer, 20; Willie J., farm laborer, 18; George G., farm laborer, 16; Mary B., 13; Pauline, 11; Ann E., 9; Glenn, 6; Charley L, 4; and Bessie L., 10 months. Charles and Lula were married for 21 years and she had birthed 9 children all alive in 1910.

2. Census in 1920 in Tyro, Davidson, NC. 9 The 1920 census recorded three Beeker households as neighbors: Charlie L. Beeker, 52, living with wife Marry, 50; daughters Belle, 28; Pauline, 20; Annie, 19; Gilma, 16; son C. Loyd, 18; daughters Lucile, 11; Elizabeth, 8; and son John, 7.
Listed above is "father" George W. Beeker, farmer, widowed, 79.
Above George is his daughter, Amanda Beeker, listed as Monda as follows:
Joe S. Powell [sic, as indexed, but handwriting is Parnell not Powell], farmer, 58, was living with wife Monda, 49; son Hope, 17; son Sidney, 14, daughter Mary, 8.
Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

3. Census in 1930 in Tyro, Davidson, NC. 10 The 1930 census recorded owning a $6000 home: Charles L. Becker [sic, as indexed, but handwriting is Beeker], farmer, 62, living with wife Mary L., 60; son Charlie L., 23; daughters Bessie L., 21; Carrie E., 18; son John W., 17; and Charle's father, George W., 89. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

4. Residence: on 13 Dec 1962 in Richmond, Henrico, VA. 2 6

5. Residence: on 8 Jun 1967 in Doswell, Hanover, VA. 7

6. Obituary: Richmond Times Dispatch: obituary of Lucille Beeker Lee on 11 Jun 1967 in Richmond, Henrico, VA. 7 LEE
Died at a local hospital Friday, June 9, 1967, Mrs. Lucille Beeker Lee, of Doswell, Va., R.F.D. Survived by her husband, Marvin L. Lee; one son, Robert E. Lee; one daughter, Mrs. Carl S. Mitchell; four brothers, three sisters. Remains will rest at the Cumby Funeral Home, High Point, N. C. Funeral and interment services in High Point, N. C., Monday.


Bessie married Marvin Leonard Lee, son of Basley Graves Lee and Eliza A. Saunders, on 21 Jan 1934 in High Point, Guilford, NC.1 (Marvin Leonard Lee was born on 9 May 1910 in , , NC,5 died on 29 Apr 1968 in Richmond, Henrico, VA 5 and was buried in High Point: Floral Garden Memorial Park, Guilford, NC 5.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F888-WBC Marvin L. Lee and Lucile Becker, 1934.

2 The High Point Enterprise (High Point, NC), 14 Dec 1962, page 28. Obituary of Willie Beeker.

3 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC4T-KKX Bessie Lucile Beeker, 17 Jun 1908 citing vol. 3, p. 9, Davidson, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=121014457.

5 Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014 (Original data: Virginia, Deaths, 1912–2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.), Certificate 68 011840. Marvin Leonard Lee. Father Basley G. Lee. Mother Eliza Saunders. Spouse Bessie Beeker Lee. Informant Mrs. Carl S. Mitchell (daughter).

6 Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), 14 Dec 1962, page 13. Obituary of Willie Joseph Beeker.

7 Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) (Richmond, Henrico, Virginia), 11 Jun 1967, obituary of Lucille Beeker Lee.

8 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLMY-GKW Charles L Becker, Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 35, sheet 6B, family 111.

9 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZKY-1NB Charlie L Beeker, Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 41, sheet 14A, line 44, family 271.

10 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3SV-K7J Charles L Becker, Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 32, sheet 3A, line 24, family 49.



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