Deborah Sue Beeker ^{1 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: GVF4-9ZT.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Newspaper: Gastonia Gazette: Debbie Beeker - Charles McSwain Engagement, 14 Apr 1972, Gastonia, Gaston, NC. ¹ Mr. and Mrs. Harry Miller Beeker of Norwood announce the engagement of their daughter, Debbie Sue, and Charles Kentwood McSwain. Debbie is a graduate of South Stanley High School, where she was a member of the National Honor Society. A student at a technical school in Albemarle, she formerly attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Debbie is a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Heilig and Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Beeker, all of Gastonia. Ship, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Evans MeSwain of Norwood, is a graduate of South Stanley High School and a student at Central Piedmont Community College. He is manager of C. E. McSwain and Sons Seed Processing Company. The couple will be married May 5.

2. Residence: on 13 May 2000 in New London, Stanly, NC. ⁵

Deborah married Charles Kentwood McSwain, son of Charles Evans McSwain and Oma Geraldine Poplin, on 5 May 1972 in , , NC.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce on 16 Feb 1983. (Charles Kentwood McSwain was born on 19 Mar 1952 in , Stanly, NC,⁶ died on 20 Dec 1997 in , Stanly, NC ⁶ and was buried in Norwood, Stanly, NC ⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. They were divorced on 16 Feb 1983 in Stanly, North Carolina. ⁷