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Ida Minton

Ida June Minton, 74, of Emmet, died Monday, February 18, 2002, at Christus St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas.

She was born on June 30, 1927, in Lake City to Henry and Hattie Craig Riggs.

She was a retired machine operator with Caterpillar and a member of the Southside Assembly of God Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Nellie Stanton, and Betty Morefield, and one great-grandson, Christopher Small.

Her survivors include: her husband, Earnest Earl Minton of Emmet; two sons, Ronald Dewitt of Emmet, and Eric Dewitt of Burbank, Calif.; one daughter, Sharon McCann of Toulon, Ill.; one stepson, Mike Minton of Peoria, Ill., two sisters, Mamie Goins of Peoria, and Mary Lee Gregory of Skintook, Okla.; 11 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.

Funeral service were at 2 p.m., Wednesday, February 20, 2002, at Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home Chapel in Hope, with Rev. Joe Brown officiating. Burial were in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Hope under the direction of Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home in Hope.

Family received friends Tuesday, February 19, 2002, from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.