Rev. Dexter Daniel BEAVERS

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CENSUS RECORDS

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Dexter Beavers
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1923
Birthplace: Virginia
Race: White
Home in 1930: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Dexter Beavers
Father's Birthplace: West Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Dexter Beavers 29
Dexter Beavers 7
Gail Beavers 6
Nell P Beavers 5
Marvin Beavers 4
Bandy Beavers 27 [uncle]
Mollie Beavers 24 [aunt]
Eula Beavers 7 [cousin]
Willa Beavers 6 [cousin]
Ruby Beavers 4 [cousin]

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Dexter Beavers Junior
Age: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1923
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Inferred Residence in 1935: Rural, Tazewell, Virginia
Residence in 1935: Rural, Tazewell, Virginia
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Attended School or College: Yes
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 3rd year
Household Members:
Dexter Beavers 39
Mae Beavers 35 [stepmother]
Dexter Beavers 17
Gaile Beavers 16
Nell Beavers 14
Bob Beavers 13

OBITUARY

Northeast Miss. Daily Journal; 14 Feb. 2008

TUPELO - Dexter Daniel Beavers, 85, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Chattanooga, Tenn., where he lived with his daughter and son-in-law.

He was born May 29, 1922, in Raven, Va., to Dexter Boyd Beavers and Stella Maynard Beavers. He volunteered for duty with the U.S. Army Signal Corps and served three years in New Guinea and the Philippines during World War II.

Upon returning, he married and began a preaching career spanning over 55 years in locations from Tennessee to Florida and Virginia to Mississippi, including radio and television evangelism. He preached full-time for churches in Fulton and Houston, Miss., before retiring in 1992 and moving to Tupelo, where he was very active for more than 10 years in the teaching and outreach work of the Gloster Street Church of Christ.

During that time he was also a member of the Tupelo Luncheon Civitan Club and a charter member and on the Board of Directors for The Shepherd Center. He came out of retirement in 1999 to serve the Lawson Chapel Church of Christ in Prairie, before finally retiring five years later due to ill health.

Throughout his life he was dedicated to helping others, no matter what their situation, in the name of the Lord. His daily motto was simple: "Do it now!" He will always be remembered for his active card ministry, sending birthday and anniversary wishes to many of the people he taught, baptized or married during his active years. At his request, his body has been given for scientific research through Anatomy Gifts Registry. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at Gloster Street Church of Christ in Tupelo.

Survivors include two children, Dexter Samuel (Laura) of Charlotte, Tenn., and Emile Ann (Richard) Salisbury of Chattanooga, Tenn.; one brother, M.R. "Bob" (Opal) Beavers of Marion, N.C.; five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Sarah. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be sent to Boyd-Buchanan School, 4626 Bonnieway Drive, Chattanooga, TN 37411, Attention: R. Perry (Memorial for Emile's dad); or East Tennessee School of Preaching and Missions, 6608 Beaver Ridge Road, Knoxville, TN 37931 (In memory of Dexter D. Beavers); or to a local hospice organization of choice.

Birth:
Public Records Index, Volume 1
Name: Rv Dexter D Beavers
Birth Date: 29 May 1922
Phone Number: 840-1509
Address: 812 W Jefferson St, Tupelo, MS, 38804-3606 (1993)
[812 W Jefferson St, Tupelo, MS, 38804-3606]
[1514 Martin Hill Dr, Tupelo, MS, 38804-5112 (1996)]



Buried:
Grave location, tombstone photo and obituaries:
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Plot: NW Quadrant

Died:
Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Dexter D. Beavers
Last Residence: 37343 Hixson, Hamilton, Tennessee
BORN: 29 May 1922
Died: 8 Feb 2008
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951)

Dexter married Sarah Bishop. Sarah was born 07 Apr 1918; died 12 Mar 1998; was buried , Tupelo Memorial Park Cemetery, Tupelo, Lee Co. MS. [Group Sheet]

Emily married Richard Salisbury. [Group Sheet]