This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZZB.2ACI/2796 Message Board Post: OBIT: OH-Warren Tribune 14 Jun 1938 JULIA BETTS SHARPE: Kinsman's oldest & most highly regarded citizen: 95, died Mon night. MrsJulia Betts Sharpe, widow of Lewis Sharpe & mother of the late Harry Sharpe, succumbed after a short illness at her home, where she had resided practically all her life. She was born in Kinsman 7 Dec 1842, a dau of Christian & Elizabeth Fister Betts, who were members of pioneer families that settled in Kinsman & Trumbull County. MrsSharpe was a devoted member of the Methodist Church & was active in all its affairs. She was a reader of all current news & a was fluent talker on latest events of the nation. Until recently she was active in all household duties. It was in Feb that she went to live with her dau-in-law-MrsHarry Sharpe, when she became too feeble to continue her daily tasks. Surviving are 1 son: RalsaJ Sharpe-CarnegieOK; 5 grandchildren & several gr grandchildren. Service will be conducted Wed afternoon at McLean Funeral Home. RevCC Albright, assisted by RevsElmer Minnigh-Pa! rkersLanding & Wendell Minnigh-NewCastle; will officiate. The burial will be made in Kinsman Cem.