Ross County OhArchives Obituaries.....Harkins, Alta Mae (Betts) July 1971 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ralph Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com July 12, 2006, 2:13 am From the 15 July 1971 issue of the Greenfield, Ohio "Greenfield Daily Times", page 8: HARKINS. Mrs. Alta Mae Harkins, 84, South Salem, died at 2:25 p.m. Wednesday in the Looney Nursing Home, Bainbridge. The daughter of Christopher and Belle Morgan Betts, she was born July 9, 1887 in Allensville. She was married to Joseph Harkins who died March 24, 1957. Surviving are a son, Eugene Harkins of Athens; three daughters, Mrs. Ernest (Grace) Cummings of Leesburg, Rt. 1, Mrs. Lester (Alice) Case of Lyndon Rt. 1, and Mrs. Henry (Margaret) Smith of South Salem; 15 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Alva Emery of Greenfield and Mrs. Clarence Cox of South Salem. She was predeceased by a son, Floyd, and one brother. Mrs. Harkins was a member of the South Salem Methodist Church and its Womens Society of Christian Service. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Murray Funeral Home with Rev. Clyde Webster and Rev. Donald Cummings officiating. Burial will follow in South Salem Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/ross/obits/harkins479nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb