Reba Marie Bare ^{2 3 4}

   FamilySearch ID: L56D-4WV.

  General Notes:

Buried in the same cemetery and in our tree are John C. Beacher born 1917, and William Beacher born 1924. One of these is probably her husband. Further research is needed.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1940 in , Ashe, NC. ⁹ The 1940 census recorded on Ebernezer Road in Pear Creek Township: Walter Hall, farmer operator, 31, living with wife Lessie, 30; son Joe, 7; and daughter Reba, 6. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

2. Occupation: Worked at Keystone Fireworks Company on 17 Jun 1971 in Elkton, Cecil, MD. ⁶

3. Death Certificate: Her Delaware death certificate has place of death as Wilmington Medical Center at 11:15 pm "was found shot in head in bedroom." Newspaper states she was dead on arrival., 17 Jul 1971, Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ⁶

4. Obituary: The News Journal: Mrs. Reba Marie Beacher Dead from Gunshot Wound on 17 Jul 1971 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ⁸ ELKTON, Md. - Mrs. Reba Marie Beacher, 37, of 174 E. Main St. died Saturday from a gunshot wound, Elkton police report. Mrs. Beacher was dead on arrival at Delaware Division, Wilmington, Del., with a gunshot wound of the head, an apparent suicide, police said. Mrs. Beacher was found at home by her husband, John C. Beacher, about 7 p.m. Saturday.

5. Residence: 174 1/2 E. Main St., Elkton, MD on 17 Jul 1971 in Elkton, Cecil, MD. ⁵

6. Obituary: News Journal on 19 Jul 1971 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ⁵ Mrs. John C. Beacher
ELKTON, Md. -- Mrs. Reba Marie Beacher, 37, of 174½ E. Main St. died Saturday from a gunshot wound, Elkton police report. Mrs. Beacher was dead on arrival at Delaware Division, Wilmington, Del., with a gunshot wound of the head, an apparent suicide, police said. Mrs. Beacher was found at home by her husband, John C. Beacher, about 7 p.m. Saturday, officers said. She was taken to the hospital by the Singerly Fire Company ambulance. Police said a rifle was found near Mrs. Beacher.
Mrs. Beacher was born in W. Jefferson, N.C., and had been employed by the Keystone Fireworks Co. for more than 18 years. Besides her husband, Mrs. Beacher is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Maggie Anne Perry of Sparta, N.C., and Mrs. Mary Jane Hubbard of Elkton; a brother, Joe L. Bare of Elkton; a sister, Mrs. Ruby Duncon of Winston N.C., and five grandchildren.
Services will be Thursday morning at 11 at the Pippin Funeral Home, 259 E. Main St., where friends may call Wednesday night. Interment will be in Templeville Cemetery.

7. Obituary: The Morning News: Funeral Notice for Reba Marie Beacher on 20 Jul 1971 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ⁷ BEACHER - In Delaware Division, Wilmington Medical Center, on July 17, 1971. Reba Marie Beacher of 174 E. Main St., Elkton, Md., wife of John C. Beacher of Elkton,
mother of Mrs. Maggie Ann Perry of Sparta, N. C., Mrs. Mary Jane Hubbard of Elkton, sister of Joe L. Bare of Elkton, and Mrs. Ruby Duncon of Winston-Salem., N. C. Aqed 37 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services from the PIPPIN FUNERAL HOME, 259 E. Main Street, Elkton, Md., on Thursday morning, July 22, at 11 o'clock. Interment at Templeville Cemetery, Templeville, Md. Friends may call at the Funeral Home on Wednesday evening after 7 p.m.

Reba married Fred Hart Jr. on 1 Jun 1950 in Nathans Creek, Ashe, NC, United States.¹ (Fred Hart Jr. was born on 15 Jul 1926 in Laurel Springs, Alleghany, NC, United States,^{1 10 11} died on 16 Jun 2008 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC ^{11 12} and was buried on 18 Jun 2008 in Transou, Ashe, NC, United States ^{11 12}.)

Reba next married John Charles Beacher, son of Alfred Beacher Sr. and Emma Jane Beecroft. (John Charles Beacher was born on 6 Aug 1917 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH,^{13 14 15 16 17} died on 23 Jan 1991 in Elkton, Cecil, MD ^{4 13 15 16} and was buried on 26 Jan 1991 in Templeville: Templeville Cemetery, Caroline, MD ^{4 15}.)