Lela Mae Beeker ^{1 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: LKQX-VX7.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Lexington Township, Davidson, NC. ⁶ 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 Boone, Watauga, NC. ⁷ The 1950 census recorded at Appalachian State College in Lovill Hall dormitory: Lela Mae Beeker, 19, born in North Carolina.

3. Residence: on 4 Jan 1951 in Lexington Township, Davidson, NC. ⁵

4. Newspaper: Charlotte Observer: Hauser-Beeker Wedding, 8 Mar 1953, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, NC. ² (photo) Mrs. Fred Hauser
Miss Beeker, Mr. Hauser Are Married
LEXINGTON, N. C., March 7 - Miss Lela Mae Becker, daughter of Mrs. Gilford Becker of Lexington, Rt. 8, and the late Mr. Beeker, became the bride of Fred Hauser, son of Mrs. Frances Hauser of Tobaccooville and the late Ellis Hauser, in a ceremony March 1 at 4 p. m. at Welcome Baptist Church, Welcome. Rev. O. M. Hartman, pastor of the bride, officiated. Prior to the ceremony a musical program was presented by Mrs. Eugene Essick, organist, and Bill Whitesides, vocal soloist. The bride was given in marriage by her cousin, Boyd Beeker. She wore a blue wool crepe suit with navy accessories. She carried a prayer book on which was pinned a white orchid. Miss Betty Hauser, sister of the bridegroom, was her maid of honor and only attendant. Clyde E. Hauser of King attended his brother as best man, and ushers were Billy Hendrix and Rex Bowen, cousins of the bridegroom. Following the ceremony the couple remained to the vestibule the church to receive the good wishes of the wedding guests and then left by car for a wedding trip. Mrs. Hauser is a graduate of Welcome High School and of Appalachian State Teachers College. She is now a member of the Reeds High School faculty. Mr. Hauser is a graduate of Old Richmond High School and will receive his degree in business education from Appalachian State Teachers College in May.

5. Residence: on 25 Dec 1992 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC. ⁸

6. Greensboro News & Record: Davidson County Public Records: Lexington Township: "Lela Mae Beeker Hauser and Fred Hauser to Hobert Lynn Hill, lot Lela Mae Beeker Hauser property $20" on 20 Jul 2002 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ⁹

Lela married Fred Ellis Hauser, son of John Ellis Hauser and Laura Frances Hendrix, on 1 Mar 1953 in Welcome, Davidson, NC.^{1 2} (Fred Ellis Hauser was born on 18 Mar 1929 in , Forsyth, NC.)