Frances Elizabeth Goss ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: LVNN-WT6.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1950 in Boone Township, Davidson, NC. ⁶ The 1950 census recorded Melvin M. Beeker, farm helper on farm, 33, living with wife Francis, works in furniture factory; daughter Phyllis A., 4; and son Melvin M. Jr., 3. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

2. Obituary: Davidson Funeral Home: Obituary of Frances Beeker on 16 Dec 2006 in Lexington, Davidson, NC. ^{3 7} Frances Goss Beeker, 82, of West U.S. Highway 64, formerly of Belmont Road, Linwood, died Friday, Dec. 15, 2006, at Lexington Memorial Hospital.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Linwood United Methodist Church, where she was a member, by the Revs. Cindy Arnold, Wade Wright and Don Noblitt. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Beeker was born May 18, 1924, in Davidson County to John Alexander Goss and Mary Jane Spurgeon Goss. She was a homemaker and a member of the United Methodist Women. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Frank Goss and James Goss; and a sister, Ruth Goss Bourne.

Surviving are her husband, the Rev. Melvin M. Beeker of the home; a son, Melvin "Sonny" Beeker and his wife, Judy, of Mocksville; two daughters, Phyllis Leonard and her husband, Lindsay, of Lexington, and Nancy Beeker of Asheville; six grandchildren, Shelly Leonard and her husband, Michael B., Dana Buie and her husband, Terry, Michael L. Leonard and his wife, Heather, Brian Beeker and his wife, Jennifer, Amy Blackwell and her husband, Bobby, and Sally Allen and her husband, Luke; and 11 great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends this evening from 6 to 8 at Davidson Funeral Home and other times at the residence at 2473 West U.S. Highway 64.

Memorials may be made to Linwood United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 82, Linwood, NC 27299.

Frances married Rev. Melvin Mock Beeker Sr., son of Willie Joseph Beeker and Clara Idella Berrier, on 7 Feb 1943 in Hinesville, Liberty, GA.¹ (Rev. Melvin Mock Beeker Sr. was born on 7 Jun 1920 in Welcome, Davidson, NC,^{1 5 8 9 10} died on 22 May 2008 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC ^{5 9} and was buried on 25 May 2008 in Linwood: Linwood United Methodist Church Cemetery, Davidson, NC ^{5 9}.)