Nancy Jane Beeker ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

   FamilySearch ID: G3BN-Z3V.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1930 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ¹¹ The 1930 census recorded renting a home: William C. Beeker, city mail carrier, 40, living with wife Pearl G., 32; William H., 14; James B., 10; Annie K., 9; Charles E., 7; Nancy G., 4; and Walter G., 1. Also in the home is mother-in-law Katie R. Goodman, widowed, 71; and brother Henry H. Beeker, laborer on farm, 19. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina. When married William was age 24 and Pearl 18. Next door is Hary N. Goodman, 40, with his family.

2. Census in 1940 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC. ¹² The 1940 census recorded renting at 514 West Cemetary Street: William S. Baker [indexed wrong as Baker or Border due to poor handwriting which is actually Beeker], letter carrier, 49, living with wife Pearl, 43; daughter Kathleen, waitress, 19; son Charles, meat packing, 17; daughter Nancy, 14; and sons Walter, 11; and Samuel, 6. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Newspaper: Greensboro Daily News: marriage of Wade Gile Wood and Nancy Jane Beeker, 13 Jan 1946, Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ¹ (photo of Mrs. Wood)
Mrs. Wade gile Wood before her marriage to Lieutenant Wood December 28 in chapel No. 15 at Ft. Bragg was Miss Nancy Jane Beeker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Sparks Beeker, of Cleveland. Chaplain Hoyt H. Wood, brother of the bridegroom, heard the vows. The bridegroom, son of Van B. Wood, of Salisbury, and the late Mrs. Wood, recently returned from overseas, where he served with the 20th air force in the Pacific area.

4. Census in 1950 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ¹³ The 1950 census recorded William S. Beeker, retired farmer, 59, living with wife Pearl, 53; Samuel F., 16; daughter Nancy B. Wood, 28, with her children: Nancy L., 2, born in Ohio, and Wadine E., born Dec 1949 in Georgia. The others were born in North Carolina. Next door is his son, William H. Beeker.

5. Residence: on 9 Jun 1977 in China Grove, Rowan, NC. ⁶

6. Residence: on 19 Aug 1977 in China Grove, Rowan, NC. ¹⁰

7. Residence: on 13 May 1978 in China Grove, Rowan, NC. ²

8. Residence: on 1 Oct 1982 in China Grove, Rowan, NC. ⁷

9. Residence: on 25 Jan 2010 in China Grove, Rowan, NC. ⁴

10. Obituary: Salisbury Post: obituary of Nancy Beeker Wood on 20 Aug 2019 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC. ⁸ Nancy Beeker Wood, 93, passed away Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. Born in Rowan County on Sept. 6, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Pearl Lena Goodman Beeker and William Sparks Beeker. Nancy was a graduate of Cleveland High School and attended Catawba College. She retired from the Data Processing Department of Fieldcrest Cannon Mills. Nancy attended Main Street Baptist Church in China Grove. In addition to her parents, Nancy was preceded in death by her husband, Wade Gile Wood; brothers, Bill, James, Charles, Walter and Samuel Beeker; and sister, Kathleen Beeker Carter. Those left to cherish her memory are her son, David William Wood (Sandy) of China Grove; daughters, Linda Overcash and Nadine Hampton, both of China Grove; grandchildren, Jetana McKinley, Rhonda Martin (Clai), Micah Overcash (Shea), Anita Cannon (Michael), Erin Davis (Preston), Preston Hampton, Hailey Wood and Brian Gobble (Alicia); and 12 great-grandchildren. Visitation: Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, from 10-11 a.m. at Main Street Baptist Church, 1615 N. Main St., China Grove, NC 28023. Service: 11 a.m. at Main Street Baptist Church with the Rev. Billy Beaver officiating. Burial will be in the Historic Salisbury National Cemetery. Memorials: Memorials can be made to the Main Street Baptist Church. The family would like to express their gratitude and appreciation to Liberty Commons for the loving care given to their mother. Lyerly Funeral Home is serving the Wood family. Online condolences may be made at www.lyerlyfuneralhome.com.

Nancy married Wade Gile Wood, son of Van B. Wood and Mittie Elizabeth Delk, on 28 Dec 1945 in Fort Bragg, Cumberland, NC.¹ (Wade Gile Wood was born on 24 Jun 1919 in , , NC,¹⁴ died on 11 Mar 1971 in Durham, Durham, NC ⁵ and was buried on 15 Mar 1971 in Salisbury: Salisbury National Cemetery Annex, Rowan, NC ⁵.)