JACKSON, Minta Ward - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Mrs Minta Jackson, 87, of the Portland Arch community on Covington Route 3, died at 5:45 a.m. February 26, 1975, at Meadow Heights Nursing Home in Williamsport. she had been a patient in Community Hospital and the nursing home since September. Born Feb 26, 1888 at Covington, she was the daughter of James and Adella Caragie Ward. On Aug 1, 1920, in Covington, she was married to Ellwood Jackson, who died in January of 1959. She had cooked at the Rob Roy School near Attica until it closed. She was a member of the Hedrick Christian Church. Survivors include two daughters: Mrs. Della Kennedy of Lafayette and Mrs. Margaret Gushwa of Grand Rapids, Mich.; two step-daughters, Mrs. Stanley (Beulah) Moffet of Williamsport and Mrs. Clarence (Dorotha) Spear of Attica; a brother Elvis Ward in New Mexico; a sister, Mrs. Clista Van Hook of Rob Roy; 14 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Dale Maus Funeral Home, with the Rev. Joe Shrock officiating. Burial will be in Rockfield Cemetery near Veedersburg.