John Calvin Beeker Jr. ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

   FamilySearch ID: LRFP-5QD.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ⁹ The 1940 census recorded John C. Beeker, farmer, 48, living with wife Annie Florine, 36; Annie May, 18; John C., farm helper, 16; Thomas Lee, 13; Marcella, 7, and Bonnie Ray, 1. Everyone was born in North Carolina. In 1935 they lived in rural Iredell county in NC.

2. Residence: on 27 May 1998 in Linwood, Davidson, NC. ¹⁰

3. Newspaper: Charlotte Observer: Four Injured in Road Crash, 11 Feb 1946, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, NC. ¹¹ FOUR INJURED IN ROAD CRASH
Placed Under Treatment in Hospital in Salisbury-Good Chance to Recover
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SALISBURY -- Feb 10 -- Three men and a woman, under treatment in Rowan Memorial hospital today for serious injuries received in an automobile collision here Saturday, were reported today to have good chances for recovery. Miss Jessie Edwards, sole occupant of one of the cars, is suffering brain concussion, shock, and a shoulder fracture. The other victims, occupants of a car driven by Charles E. Beeker of Cleveland, Route 1, all have severe lacerations and bruises. Beeker, in addition has a dislocated hip. The other two are B. E. Foil and Wesley Petty of Salisbury. A fifth, J. C. Becker Jr. of the Cleveland section, has been discharged from the hospital with minor cuts and bruises.

4. Newspaper: Greensboro Daily News: Recovering After Salisbury Crash, 11 Feb 1946, Salisbury, Rowan, NC. ¹² Recovering After Salisbury Crash
SALISBURY, Feb. 10. -- Three men and a women under treatment at Rowan Memorial hospital today for serious injuries received in an automobile collision here Saturday afternoon were reported today to have good chances for recovery.
Miss Jessie Edwards, sole occupant of one of the cars, is suffering from a brain concussion, shock, and a shoulder fracture.
The male victims, occupants of a car driven by Charles E. Beeker, of Cleveland, route 1, all have severe lacerations and bruises. Beeker in addition has a dislocated hip. The other two are B. E. Foil and Wesley Petty, of Salisbury.
A fifth person involved, J. C. Beeker, Jr., of the Cleveland section, has been discharged from the hospital with minor cuts and bruises.

5. Residence: on 6 Feb 1948 in Mooresville, Iredell, NC. ¹³

6. Census in 1950 in Coddell Creek Township, Iredell, NC. ¹⁴ The 1950 census recorded at 17 Linwood Avenue in Mooresville: John C. Beeker, runs automatic winder in rayon mill, 26, living with wife Louise A., runs automatic winder in rayon mill, 28. They were born in North Carolina.

7. Residence: on 21 Oct 1973 in Mooresville, Iredell, NC. ²

8. Residence: on 13 Nov 1994 in Mooresville, Iredell, NC. ³

9. Obituary: Charlotte Observer: obituary of John Calvin Beeker on 28 May 1998 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, NC. ⁷ MOORESVILLE \emdash Mr. John Calvin Beeker Jr., 74 Linwood Rd, died May 27 1998 at his residence. Born Sept. 29, 1923, in Rowan County, he was a son of the late John Calvin Beeker Sr. & Annie Bollinger Beeker. A retired maintenance supervisor at Plant Marshall Steam Plant in Terrell, he was a U.S. Navy veteran having served in WW II. He was a member of Prospect Presbyterian Church, Mooresville. Survivors are his wife, Louise Fesperman Beeker; sons: Johnny Beeker of Lugoff, S.C., Tony Beeker of Mooresville; Daughter: Mrs. Debbie Beeker Craven of Concord; Brothers: Thomas L. Beeker of Rimertown, Ben Beeker of Jonesville; Sister: Mrs. Marcella Beeker Freeze of Salisbury; Grandchildren: Miss Nicole Marie Craven, Jerimy Beeker, Miss LaDonna Beeker, Chris Beeker. Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M., Friday, May 29, 1998, at Prospect Presbyterian Church with Rev C. Frederic Sanford officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday, May 28, 1998, 7 - 8:30 PM at Cavin Funeral Home, Mooresville. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Iredell County, P.O. Box 822, Statesville, N.C. 28687 or Prospect Presbyterian Church, 9425 W. Hwy. 152, Mooresville, N.C. 28115. Cavin Funeral Home, Mooresville, is serving the family of Mr. Beeker.

John married Annie Louise Fesperman, daughter of Robert Lee Fesperman and Annie Lou Kennerly, about 1947. (Annie Louise Fesperman was born on 3 Aug 1921 in , Rowan, NC,^{5 8 13 15} died on 23 Nov 2020 in Mooresville, Iredell, NC ⁸ and was buried in China Grove: Prospect Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rowan, NC ⁵.)

John next married.