Luther P. Seaford
(1881-1938)
Daisy Lou Taylor
(1888-1985)
Robert Lee Seaford
(1910-1995)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. HIlda Mae Beeker

Robert Lee Seaford 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 4 Sep 1910, Fulton, Davie, NC 3 5 6
  • Marriage (1): HIlda Mae Beeker on 17 Dec 1933 in , Davidson, NC 1
  • Died: 22 Mar 1995, Mocksville, Davie, NC at age 84 3 4 5
  • Buried: 24 Mar 1995, Mocksville: Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Davie, NC 3

   FamilySearch ID: LVDY-6BS.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1950 in Fulton, Davie, NC. 7 The 1950 census recorded Robert Lee Seaford, farmer, 39, living with wife HIlda, 36; and daughters Francis, 12, and twins Jane and Dorothy, 3. Also in the home is Robert's mother, Daisy Seaford, 62. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

2. Obituary: Davie County Enterprise: obituary of Robert Lee Seaford on 30 Mar 1995 in Mocksville, Davie, NC. 5 Robert Lee Seaford, 84, of Joe Road, died Wednesday morning, March 22, 1995 at Davie County Hospital after a lengthy illness.

He was born Sept 4, 1910 in Davie County to the late Luther P. and Daisy Taylor Seaford and had been a poultry and airy farmer.

He spent his entire life in Davie County and was active in the community, serving on the Board of Directors of Piedmont Mutual Insurance Company. He was 51 years a director of the REA and later Crescent EMC. He was one of the original trustees of the Davie County Hospital in 1954 and was on the Board of Directors at Branch Bank and Trust in Mocksville.

He was an active member of Fork Baptist Church and has served as Sunday School Superintendent for 40 years. He was an active deacon of the church many times. He was a member of Fork Civic Club and the Senior Citizens Club, which he served as president.

Survivors include: his wife, Hilda Beeker Seaford of the home; 3 daughters, Frances Hendrix of Winston-Salem, Dorothy Hemrick and Jane Jones, both of Mocksville; 3 granddaughters and a grandson.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on March 24, at Fork Baptist Church with Rev. Ken Evans and Rev. Yates Wilkinson officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.


Robert married HIlda Mae Beeker, daughter of Elmo Lee Beeker and Alice Myrtle Myers, on 17 Dec 1933 in , Davidson, NC.1 (HIlda Mae Beeker was born on 18 May 1913 in Lexington, Davidson, NC,4 8 9 died on 23 Mar 2006 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC 4 8 and was buried on 25 Mar 2006 in Mocksville: Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Davie, NC 4 8.)


Sources


1 Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 (Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.), Robert Lee Seaford m. 17 Dec 1933 Hilda May Beeker Davidson NC.

2 Winston Salem Journal (Winston Salem, NC), 27 Aug 2014, obituary of Melba Beeker Leonard.

3 Find A Grave, http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69115041.

4 "The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)" (Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina), http://www.the-dispatch.com/news/20060324/hilda-beeker-seaford 24 Mar 2006 obituary of Hilda Beeker Seaford.

5 "Davie County Enterprise-Record (Mocksville, NC)," 30 Mar 1995, obituary of Robert Lee Seaford.

6 Ancestry.com, "North Carolina, U.S., Birth Indexes, 1800-2000," Robert Lee Seaford b. 4 Sep 1910 in Fulton Township, Davie County NC parents Luther P. Seaford and Daisy Lou Taylor.

7 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FMQ-N946 Robert Lee Seaford Fulton, Davie, NC.

8 Find A Grave, http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69115067.

9 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC4T-LZX Hilda Mae Beeker, 18 May 1913 citing vol. 11, p. 200, Davidson, North Carolina.



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