Ettie Belle Poplin ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

   FamilySearch ID: L5YC-2K5.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Lexington, Davidson, NC. ⁷ The 1940 census recorded at 107 Lowell Street: John W. Becker [indexed wrong], shuttle fixer in silk mill, 27, living with wife Etta b., 27; Mary B., 4; J. Wayne, 2; Mervin B., 1; and Margaret L., 1. Everyone was born in North Carolina. They lived in the same place in 1935.

2. Residence: 200 Lennox Avenue, Burlington, NC on 16 Oct 1940 in Burlington, Alamance, NC. ⁸

3. Census in 1950 in Burlington, Alamance, NC. ⁹ The 1950 census recorded at 200 Lennox Street: John W. Beeker, unemployed, 36, living with wife Ettie B., boards hose at hosiery mill, 36; Mary B., 14; John W., 12; Margaret L., 10; and Marvin B., 10. All were born in North Carolina.

4. Residence: on 27 Dec 1959 in Burlington, Alamance, NC. ³

5. Residence: on 6 Nov 1986 in Burlington, Alamance, NC. ⁶

6. Obituary: Rich and Tompson Funeral Service: obituary of Mrs. Ettie Poplin Beeker on 18 Oct 2001. ⁵ Mrs. Ettie Poplin Beeker, 89, a former resident of Tucker Street in Burlington, died Tuesday, Oct 16, 2001, at the Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach.

A native of Stanley County, she was the wife of the late John Woodrow Beeker, and the daughter of the late Crawford and Dorthea Morgan Poplin. She was a former employee of Koury Hosiery Mill and was of the Baptist faith. In her later years, she divided time residing with her daughters in Hickory and Myrtle Beach.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Mary Beeker Downs of Hickory and Mrs. Margaret Lois Beeker Thompson of North Myrtle Beach; a son, Marvin Boyd Beeker of Burlington; four sisters, Mrs. Nell P. Martin of Raleigh, Mrs. Raymail P. Coleman of Greer, S.C., Mrs. Pallie P. Greene of Burlington and Mrs. Clydia Mae P. Jones of Elon; seven grandchildren; one stepgrandchild; and nine great-grandchildren.

Ettie married John Woodrow Beeker, son of Charles Lloyd Beeker Sr. and Mary Lula Giles. (John Woodrow Beeker was born on 18 Nov 1912 in Tyro, Davidson, NC,^{10 11} died on 6 Nov 1986 in Burlington, Alamance, NC ^{6 10 11} and was buried on 9 Nov 1986 in Burlington: Pine Hill Cemetery, Alamance, NC ^{6 10 11}.)