Ned Arthur Beeker ^{4 5 6}

   FamilySearch ID: GVD3-4P6.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Asheboro, Randolph, NC. ⁷ The 1940 census recorded James A. Beeker, knitter in textile mill, 32, living with wife Gertrude, 30; son Ned, 8; and daughter Peggy, 3. In 1935 they lived in Albermarle, NC. Also in the home is a lodger, Lydia Biles, topper at textile mill, 19. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

2. Census in 1950 in Asheboro, Randolph, NC. ⁸ The 1950 census recorded at 609 Highland Street: James A. Beeker, hosiery foreman in hosiery mill, 43, living with wife Gertrude C., secretary for power company, 42; son Ned A., clerk in clothing store, 18; and daughter Peggy A., 13. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

3. Residence: on 5 Nov 1955 in Asheboro, Randolph, NC. ^{1 6}

4. Residence: on 5 Nov 1955 in Hutchinson, Reno, KS.

5. Residence: 800 Maxwell Road, Chapel Hill, NC on 4 Feb 1960 in Chapel Hill, Orange, NC. ⁹

6. Newspaper: Durham Sun: Mr. And Mrs. Ned A. Beeker of 800 Maxwell Rd., Glenn Lennox, Chapel Hill, announce the birth of a son, Bartley Holland, Feb. 4 At N. C. Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Beeker is the former Miss Betty Ferrell of Durham., 23 Feb 1960, Durham, Durham, NC. ⁹

7. Newspaper: Winston-Salem Journal, 10 Jun 1963, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC. ³ Beeker, Clodfelter Vows Told
LEXINGTON - Miss Mary Frances Clodfelter became the bride of Ned Arthur Beeker, an attorney here, in the chapel of First Baptist Church yesterday afternoon. The Rev. David Hoke Coon Jr. officiated.
Mrs. Beeker is the daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. Fred Cole Clodfelter of Lexington, Rt. 7.
A graduate of Linwood High School, she attended Draughon Business College in Winston-Salem and was graduated from Arnold's Business College. For the past four years she has been employed by the Industrial Bank of Lexington.
Mr. Beeker is with the law firm of Stoner and Wilson here. Previously, he was on the staff of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. He was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he belonged to Sigma Nut social fraternity. He later received his law degree from the university's school where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity.

8. Occupation: city attoney on 19 Feb 1976 in Lexington, Davidson, NC. ¹⁰

9. Residence: on 7 Dec 1980 in Lexington, Davidson, NC. ⁵

10. Residence: on 6 Oct 1989 in Lexington, Davidson, NC. ¹¹

11. Occupation: attorney at law in 2020 in Lexington, Davidson, NC.

12. Residence: 416 Country Club Blvd, Lexington, NC in 2020 in Lexington, Davidson, NC.

Ned married Betty Lee Ferrell, daughter of Samuel Bennett Ferrell and Marjorie Goldie Gattis, on 5 Nov 1955 in Durham, Durham, NC.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce on 13 Dec 1961. (Betty Lee Ferrell was born on 6 Dec 1931 in Durham, Durham, NC,^{1 12} died on 8 Nov 2009 in Durham, Durham, NC ¹² and was buried on 12 Nov 2009 in Durham: Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, NC ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. They were divorced on 13 Dec 1961 in , Orange, NC. ²

Ned next married Mary Frances Clodfelter, daughter of Fred Cole Clodfelter Sr. and Minnie Belle Biesecker, on 9 Jun 1963 in Lexington, Davidson, NC.³ (Mary Frances Clodfelter was born on 13 Jan 1939 in Lexington, Davidson, NC ¹³ and died on 18 Mar 2025 in Lexington, Davidson, NC ¹³.)