MARTIN, Dessie Ann Bettice
Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1960 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. Year 1969
COVINGTON -Mrs. Dessie Ann Martin, age 87, died at 7:25 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 5, at the Tall Trees Nursing Home in Covington where she had been a patient four days. She had been in ill health the past six years.
Mrs. Martin was born in Jamestown, Ind, on Oct. 26, 1881, the daughter of Henry Thomas and Barbara Ellen Fruits Bettice. She was married Dec. 2, 1896 in Covington to George Martin, who preceded her in death Sept. 25, 1954. She had been a resident of Fountain County most of her life and was a member of the Christian Union Church, southwest of Covington.
Surviving Mrs. Martin are: one daughter, Mrs. Hazel Reed of Hillsboro; six grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three brothers and three half-brothers.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Bodine and Shelby Funeral Home in Covington. The Rev. Alfred Dobbs officiated and burial was in Lower Mound Cemetery, southwest of Covington. - jz