Obituary of OPAL JESSIE FITCH, 2001, Scott County, AR *********************************************************************** Submitted by: David Eick, g-nephew of Opal Date: 10 Feb 2001 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************************** Taken from the Orange County Register, February 1, 2002 Opal Jessie Fitch, 88, of Orange, a retired food-service worker, died Jan. 31, 2002, of natural causes. Opal was born to Dora Eva Cagle Neff and Frank C. Neff on September 7, 1913, in Scott County and grew up near Winfield, ARK. Visitation: 3-8 p.m. Tuesday, with services at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 6, 2002 at Rose Hills Mortuary, Orange, CA. Survivors include Daughters, Shirley Fernandez, Anna Boggs; 15 grand- children, sister Mildred Farnsworth and brother Don Neff. She was pre- deceased by brother Vernon Neff, sister Ivy Sparks, sister Helen Murphy, a son, Joe Oldham; and husband Eddie Fitch. * * * * * The better part of one's life consists in his friendships. A. Lincoln, May 19, 1849