Lundy Eugenia (Beaty) Neal (1873 - 1960)

Born 20 Feb 1873 in Paw Creek, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George James Luther Neal — married 5 Oct 1892 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 25 Jun 1960 at age 87 in Paw Creek, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Beaty Name Study.

Lundy Beaty was born on February 20, 1873 in Paw Creek, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States.^[1] Her parents were James Beaty, a Confederate veteran, and Frances Smith.

Lundy was only 10 years old when her father died in 1880. The 1880 census was taken shortly before her father died. In the household with Lundy and her parents were older siblings William Leeroy, Amelia, and Lucy, and younger siblings Amos and Edward.^[2]

At the age of 19, Lundy married George Luther Neal on October 05, 1892 in Paw Creek. C. L. Gibson, Justice of the Peace was the officiant. Witnesses to the ceremony were Jim Beatty, Attie Neal, and Charlie Gibson.^[3] They would remained married for just short of 61 years.

Together they had 9 children:

1. Beatrice Neal
2. Boyte Neal
3. George Neal
4. Ruby Neal
5. Franklie Neal
6. James Neal
7. Emma Neal
8. Harrill Neal
9. Vernon Neal

Lundy was living in Paw Creek with her husband the three children when Charles F. Alexander enumerator the Neal family in 1900. Luther was farming, and the exact location of his and Lundy's abode must have been in the area of Moore's Chapel, this based on the names of their neighbors. Both were considered literate.^[4]

In 1901, Lundy and Luther bought a piece of property and built a home with the help of Luther's first cousin, once removed, Jacob Sidney Underwood. The home was finished shortly before Christmas of that year.

Census enumerator M. M. McCord recorded the Neal family in 1910, living on the farm that Lundy and Luther had established some nine years before with five children in the household. In the intervening years, Lundy grieved the loss of two children, Ruby Eugenia, named after her mother, who died at seven months in 1902, and James Holland, who died at a year and a half in 1907 and was named after Lundy's brother-in-law, Rufus Holland Reid. The three oldest children, though in school that census year, were also listed as farm laborers.^[5]

Lundy died on 25 June 1960 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, of advanced cerebral arteriosclerosis with senile dementia, the onset of which began three years previously. Her daughter, Emma Adeline Neal, was the informant on Lundy's death certificate.^[6] She was buried beside her husband at Forest Lawn Cemetery (now known as First Lawn West Cemetery) in Charlotte, North Carolina, on 26 June 1960.^[7]

Lundy was the last surviving founding member of the Moore's Chapel Methodist Church.^[8]

Obituary

Obituary from The Charlotte (North Carolina) Observer, June 26, 1960:

Mrs. Lundy Beaty Neal

Funeral services for Mrs. Lundy Beaty Neal, of 3634 Tuckaseegee Rd., who died Saturday morning in a local hospital after an illness of several years, will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at the Harry and Bryant Chapel in The Oaks. The Rev. Paul H. Felker, pastor of Mulberry Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Active pallbearers are Frank L. Marshall, David E. Sheets, Ray H. Marks, R. Parks Sadler, Thomas F. Wilson and William A. Springs. Honorary pallbearers are the Elders and Deacons of the Mulberry Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Neal was born February 20, 1873 in Mecklenburg County, daughter of the late James Benjamin and Frances Elizabeth Beaty. She was a charter member of Moore's Chapel Methodist Church and later a member of Mulberry Presbyterian Church. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. R. S. Underwood and Miss Emma A. Neal of Charlotte, Mrs. C. S. Proctor, of Cornelius; four sons, Boyette A. and G. Clayton, Harrill L. and Vernon B. Neal, all of Charlotte; a sister, Mrs. Addie Beaty Johnson of Charlotte; eight grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. The family will be at the home of a son, Harrill L. Neal of 3809 Tuckaseegee Rd.

According to her daughter, Reamer Neal Underwood, Lundy had two other children but miscarried them.

Sources

1. ↑ Lundy Eugenia Beaty Neal Bible in the possession of Pip Sheppard of Brevard, North Carolina.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCXC-7TB : 11 September 2017), Londy Beaty in household of J B Beaty, Paw Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 121, sheet 603A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0972; FHL microfilm 1,254,972.
3. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8WF-BZ1 : 22 December 2016), G.L. Neal and L.E.B. Beatty, 05 Oct 1892; citing Paw Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, p. bk 1, Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 812,964.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSBQ-VGJ : accessed 6 August 2021), Lindy Neal in household of George L Neal, Township 12, Paw Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64, sheet 7A, family 106, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,206.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML9S-3CK : accessed 6 August 2021), Lurndy Neal in household of George L Neal, Paw Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 132, sheet 12B, family 220, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1122; FHL microfilm 1,375,135.
6. ↑ North Carolina State Archives; Raleigh, North Carolina; North Carolina Death Certificates. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. Image at: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1121/S123_471-2612?pid=1013518
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 05 August 2021), memorial page for Lundy Beaty Neal (20 Feb 1873–25 Jun 1960), Find A Grave: Memorial #85283939, citing Forest Lawn West Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Susan I. Grills (contributor 47149766) .
8. ↑ The Charlotte (North Carolina) News, 28 July 1959; Church Sets Plans for Anniversary; https://www.newspapers.com/image/619823262/?terms=Lundy%20Beaty&match=1 (requires subscription)

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZVX-P3P : 3 February 2021), Fannie E Neal in entry for Luther Neal, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3Q7-9K5 : accessed 6 April 2023), Lundy Meal in household of George T Meal, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 41, sheet 34B, line 97, family 650, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1706; FHL microfilm 2,341,440.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW3G-QWW : 15 March 2018), Lundy C Neal in household of George M Neal, Township 1 Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-77, sheet 22A, line 6, family 362, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2944.

• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6FM3-73XD : Mon Jan 30 06:44:34 UTC 2023), Entry for George L Neal and Lundy E Neal, 14 April 1950.