Samuel B. Ferrell
(1895-1979)
Marjorie Goldie Gattis
(1898-1963)
Betty Lee Ferrell
(1931-2009)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ned Arthur Beeker

2. Charles Alexander Goswick

Betty Lee Ferrell 1 4 5 6

  • Born: 6 Dec 1931, Durham, Durham, NC 1 5
  • Marriage (1): Ned Arthur Beeker on 5 Nov 1955 in Durham, Durham, NC 1 2
  • Marriage (2): Charles Alexander Goswick on 24 Mar 1962 in Durham, Durham, NC 3
  • Died: 8 Nov 2009 at age 77 5

   FamilySearch ID: GVD3-SCG.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1950 in Durham, Durham, NC. 7 The 1950 census recorded Sam B. Ferrell, insurance agent, 54, living with wife Margie G., 51; son Sam B. Jr., 25; daughter Marjorie C., 22; and daughter Betty L, 18. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

2. Residence: on 5 Nov 1955 in Durham, Durham, NC. 1

3. Newspaper: News and Observer: Mrs. Ned Arthur Beeker (wedding photo), 6 Nov 1955, Raleigh, Wake, NC. 4 (photo of Mrs. Ned Arthur Beeker)
Mrs. Ned Arthur Beeker is the former Miss Betty Lee Ferrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Ferrell of Durham. Her marriage to Mr. Beeker, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Beeker of Asheboro, took place Saturday in the Temple Baptist Church of Durham.

4. Residence: 800 Maxwell Road, Chapel Hill, NC on 4 Feb 1960 in Chapel Hill, Orange, NC. 6

5. 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. 6


Betty married Ned Arthur Beeker, son of James Arthur Beeker and Onnie Gertrude Crowell, on 5 Nov 1955 in Durham, Durham, NC.1 2 The marriage ended in divorce on 13 Dec 1961. (Ned Arthur Beeker was born in 1932 in , Stanly, NC 8.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

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


Betty next married Charles Alexander Goswick on 24 Mar 1962 in Durham, Durham, NC.3 (Charles Alexander Goswick was born on 12 Apr 1932 in Durham, Durham, NC 3 9 and died on 10 Oct 2017 in King, Stokes, NC 3 9.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXT8-MKC Ned Arthur Beeker and Betty Lee Ferrell, 05 Nov 1955; citing Durham, North Carolina.

2 Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Divorce Index, 1958-2004 (Original data: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics. North Carolina Divorce Index, 1958-2004. Raleigh, NC, USA), Ned Beeker and Betty Beeker 13 Dec 1961.

3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 6 Feb 2023), entry for Betty Lee Ferrell, person ID GVD3-SCG.

4 News and Observer (Raleigh, NC), 6 Nov 1955, page 42. Marriage of Ned Arthur Beeker and Betty Lee Ferrell.

5 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197063356.

6 Durham Sun (Durham, NC), 23 Feb 1960, page 6.

7 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FMS-ZT12 Sam B Ferrell Durham NC.

8 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQD-92Z Ned Arthur Becker, 1932 citing vol. 19, p. 53, Stanly, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

9 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197062705.


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