Ira "Ike" Whisnant
Beadie Mae Crowell
Carolyn Whisnant
(1937-2014)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. William Erastus Beeker

Carolyn Whisnant 2

  • Born: 28 Sep 1937, , Davidson, NC 2
  • Marriage (1): William Erastus Beeker on 19 May 1967 in Lexington, Davidson, NC 1
  • Died: 31 May 2014, Wake Forest, Wake, NC at age 76 2

   FamilySearch ID: P775-9SS.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence: 310 Chamption Ct, Southport NC on 4 Apr 1998 in Southport, Brunswick, NC, United States. 3

2. Obituary: Davidson Funeral Home on 31 May 2014 in Lexington, Davidson, NC. 2 Carolyn Whisnant Schumacher, 76, of Weaver Rd, died Saturday, May 31 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem after declining health of ten months. A memorial service will be held at 6:00pm Wednesday, June 3 at Center United Methodist Church, by the Rev. Dr. Steven Pillsbury. The family will receive friends at the home. Mrs. Schumacher was born September 28, 1937 in Davidson County to Ira "Ike" Whisnant and Beadie Mae Crowell Whisnant. She was a former employee of Lexington Telephone Co. and was a member of Center United Methodist Church. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, humanitarian, and friend to all. Her brother, Richard Whisnant, preceded her in death. She is survived by her sons, Ashly Burkhart and Phillip Beeker (Tricia), both of Lexington; her grandchildren, Ashton Burkhart, Merritt Beeker, Paxton Beeker, and Brennan Beeker; her sister in law, Pat Whisnant of Winston Salem; her niece, Cammie Dunaway of California; her nephew, Byron Whisnant of Chapel Hill; her great nephew, Davis Dunaway; and her special friend, Pepper. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Davidson County, 200 Hospice Way, Lexington NC 27292.


Carolyn married William Erastus Beeker, son of Harvey Pierce Beeker and Eva Mae Greene, on 19 May 1967 in Lexington, Davidson, NC.1 (William Erastus Beeker was born on 2 May 1939 in , Davidson, NC,4 5 6 died on 9 Dec 1984 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC 4 6 7 and was buried on 11 Dec 1984 in Welcome: Center United Methodist Church Cemetery, Davidson, NC 4 6 7.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-2011, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21R-HMK5.

2 Davidson Funeral Home (301 North Main Street, Lexington, North Carolina 27292. http://www.davidsonfuneralhome.net/), https://www.davidsonfuneralhome.net/obituaries/carolyn-schumacher.

3 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-2011, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS9-68BJ.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14587578.

5 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHV1-XVF Billie Ross Beeker, 02 May 1939 citing vol. 26, p. 838, Davidson, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

6 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG4K-1BW William Erastus Beeker, 09 Dec 1984; citing Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, v 48A cn 48067, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,985,127.

7 Greensboro News & Record (Greensboro, NC), 10 Dec 1984, page 17. Obituary of William Erastus Beeker.



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