(Note: Another son was Pervis Hilliard Beeson, b. Nov. 20, 1892 and d. Jan. 13, 1953. He had been a law clerk for the U.S. District Court, lived in Oak Ridge, and is buried at Green Hill Cemetery in Greensboro).
Obituary from the July 29, 1922 Greensboro Daily Record: "A.E. BEESON OF FRIENDSHIP DEAD---A.E. Beeson, aged 71 years died at a local at 2:45 o'clock this morning. Mr. Beeson had been under treatment in the hospital here for about four weeks, having been brought here from his home in Friendship. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mary B. Warren of Kernersville, and Mrs. Levia B. Smith, who resides on the Isle of Pines, CUBA; four sons, W.R. Beeson of Kernersville, L.A., V.E., and P.H. Beeson, all of Friendship; two half-brothers, W.S. Beeson of Kernersville, and C.S. Beeson of Winston-Salem.
The remains were carried to the home in Friendship this afternoon, and the funeral will be held from the Friendship church tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock, Rev. Albert Sherrill officiating."
(Note: Ethan;s son-in-law, Daniel A. Smith, who lived in Cuba, was killed on his plantation on Aug. 1, 1922--just two days after Ethan died. No more information has been found about Daniel or his wife, Levia Beeson Smith.)
(Note: Another son was Pervis Hilliard Beeson, b. Nov. 20, 1892 and d. Jan. 13, 1953. He had been a law clerk for the U.S. District Court, lived in Oak Ridge, and is buried at Green Hill Cemetery in Greensboro).
Obituary from the July 29, 1922 Greensboro Daily Record: "A.E. BEESON OF FRIENDSHIP DEAD---A.E. Beeson, aged 71 years died at a local at 2:45 o'clock this morning. Mr. Beeson had been under treatment in the hospital here for about four weeks, having been brought here from his home in Friendship. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mary B. Warren of Kernersville, and Mrs. Levia B. Smith, who resides on the Isle of Pines, CUBA; four sons, W.R. Beeson of Kernersville, L.A., V.E., and P.H. Beeson, all of Friendship; two half-brothers, W.S. Beeson of Kernersville, and C.S. Beeson of Winston-Salem.
The remains were carried to the home in Friendship this afternoon, and the funeral will be held from the Friendship church tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock, Rev. Albert Sherrill officiating."
(Note: Ethan;s son-in-law, Daniel A. Smith, who lived in Cuba, was killed on his plantation on Aug. 1, 1922--just two days after Ethan died. No more information has been found about Daniel or his wife, Levia Beeson Smith.)
Family Members
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Francis William "Frank" Beeson
1871–1934
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Ida Beeson Crutchfield
1873–1931
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Mae Belle Beeson Warren
1876–1962
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Luther Allen Beeson
1880–1927
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Levia Ann Beeson Smith
1883–1970
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Virgil Ethan Beeson
1885–1958
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Suda Marilla Beeson
1888–1909
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Jabez Wort Beeson
1890–1915
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Pervis Hilliard Beeson
1892–1954
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Cordelia Jane "Janie" Beeson
1896–1918
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