Sara Jane Allman ^{1 2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: GJG7-J1C.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus, NC. ⁶ The 1940 census recorded owning a $2000 home on Washboard Road: Silas S. Allman, independent livestock trader, 43, living with wife Carrie L., 39; son R. Earl, salesman in retail grocery, 21; son Charles F., knitter in hosiery mill, 17; daughter M. Irene, 13; and stepdaughter Abbie F., 11; and daughter S. Jane, 2. They lived in the same place in 1935. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

2. Residence: on 7 Jun 1959 in Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus, NC. ¹

3. Residence: on 3 Feb 2018 in Blowing Rock, Watauga, NC. ²

4. Residence: on 27 Nov 2022 in Blowing Rock, Watauga, NC. ⁵

5. Obituary: Independent Tribune: obituary of Jane Allman Beeker on 7 Dec 2022 in Concord, Cabarrus, NC. ⁵ Jane Allman Beeker, 85, of Blowing Rock, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, Nov. 27, 2022, in Mooresville, surrounded by family.

She was the youngest child of the late Carrie Lee Barrier and Silas Stephen Allman of the Mount Pleasant area.

Jane was a graduate of Mount Pleasant High School and attended Pheiffer College where she met her future life long companion and husband, Edwin H. Beeker. From there she moved with Ed to California while he finished his service in the U.S Marine Corps. They returned to North Carolina to start a family and raise their sons. She worked briefly outside their home, but excelled at being a homemaker, gardener and partner to Ed and mother to her sons, Mike and Mark. Jane also enjoyed cooking, entertaining, decorating and improving her home and was always welcoming to the friends of her sons, often acting as another parent to them.

Jane and Ed enjoyed many adventures together and finished their years retired in Blowing Rock. They made many dear friends there and wherever they lived over the years.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Edwin H. Beeker; her sister, Abbie Eudy Layton; and brother-in-law, John Archie Layton.

Jane is survived by her sons, Micheal and Mark along with Mark's wife, Marie Reid, all of Mooresville; three adult grandchildren, Genevieve Wiegleb, Jesse Wiegleb and Reid Wiegleb; nephew, Art Layton and wife, Kathy; niece, Elva Seaford and husband, Dave Seaford.

The celebration of life and receiving of friends will be held Saturday, Dec. 10, from 10 to 11:45 a.m. at Gordon Funeral Home in Mount Pleasant.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in Jane's honor may be made to Hospice & Palliative Care of Iredell County at www.hoic.org, 704-873-4719.

Sara married Edwin Horace Beeker, son of Jim Oscar Regan and Mabel Elizabeth Oldham, on 7 Jun 1959 in Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus, NC.¹ (Edwin Horace Beeker was born on 7 Nov 1936 in Hickory, Catawba, NC ^{3 7} and died on 3 Feb 2018 in Johnson City, Washington, TN ^{2 3}.)