Obit of Lindsey, Opal Ann (Beavers) - Cotton County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 30 Oct 2005 Return to Cotton County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/cotton/cotton.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Lindsey, Opal Ann (Beavers) Opal Ann Beavers Lindsey, 94, passed away in the early morning of Monday, March 14, 2005, in Bloomfield, Conn. Graveside service: Opal will be laid to rest at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Mountain View Cemetery, Bloomfield, Conn. Arrangements are being handled by The Ahern Funeral Homes, Inc. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the Charles W. Lindsey Memorial Scholarship Fund, Trinity College, 300 Summit St., Hartford, Conn. 06106; or to a charity of the donor's choice. She was the widow of Judge Charles W. Lindsey Jr.; mother of the late Charles W. Lindsey III; beloved mother-in-law of Teri; and loving grandma of Jonathan and Marisa. Opal was born May 24, 1910, in Temple, Okla., to Hiram Radford Beavers and Bessie Ann Sanders. She grew up with eight brothers and sisters and lived most of her life in Fort Worth. She and her late husband moved to Connecticut in 1984 to be with their only son and his family. Opal was very active in both civic and church organizations in Fort Worth. She served as county chair of both the Mothers' March on Polio and the Teen March on Polio, and as a director of the Polio Foundation of Tarrant County. She was also a member of the Fort Worth Woman's Club, the Tarrant County Council for Aging, and was one of the organizers of the Senior Citizens Fair. She was active in the Parent Teacher Association for many years, serving as PTA president of her son's elementary and junior high schools for a total of four years and as vice president of the Fort Worth City Council PTA for two years. Opal was an active member of Meadowbrook Methodist Church in Fort Worth and taught in the children's department for many years. In Connecticut, Opal and her late husband were members of Memorial Methodist Church in Avon, where they first lived. She became a member of First Congregational Church in Bloomfield when she moved to Duncaster. Her family and friends will remember her as a brilliant personality, beautiful, headstrong, gregarious, loving, a woman of correspondence, fiercely devoted to family. Opal's family would like to express its heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the special staff at Duncaster who took care of her and to the relatives and friends who called, visited, played the piano, or came just to be with her especially during these final months. Survivors: Besides her daughter-in-law and grandchildren in Bloomfield, Conn., Opal is survived by numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives in Texas and Oklahoma; and many, many dear friends who have kept in touch and visited over the years. Published in the Star-Telegram on 3/16/2005. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Cotton County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/cotton/cotton.htm