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Ethel Norwood Otkins

Birth
Mississippi, USA
Death
3 Oct 1948 (aged 38)
Amite County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Gloster, Amite County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Ethel & Joe (b. ca 1910 MS) Otkins were the parents of
ღ Edith M Otkins (b. ca 1929 MS)
ღ Joe Otkins (b. ca 1930 MS)
ღ Mary A Otkins (b. ca 1932 MS)
ღ Edner Otkins (b. ca 1934 MS)
ღ Charlie Otkins (b. ca 1937 MS)
ღ Jennie R Otkins (b. ca 1939 MS)

NOTE: The headstone has year of birth as 1910, but the 1940 census shows 1918. Name of husband in the census and inscription agree.

SOURCES:
~ "Amite County, Mississippi, Cemeteries" (Mogan & Mogan w/Glen Huff, 1982), page 323
~ 1940 Federal Census – Amite Co, MS
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Mississippi_Census
~ (Maiden name; state of birth; links to parents) Contributor, K A (24 March 2023):
https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/47807887
Ethel & Joe (b. ca 1910 MS) Otkins were the parents of
ღ Edith M Otkins (b. ca 1929 MS)
ღ Joe Otkins (b. ca 1930 MS)
ღ Mary A Otkins (b. ca 1932 MS)
ღ Edner Otkins (b. ca 1934 MS)
ღ Charlie Otkins (b. ca 1937 MS)
ღ Jennie R Otkins (b. ca 1939 MS)

NOTE: The headstone has year of birth as 1910, but the 1940 census shows 1918. Name of husband in the census and inscription agree.

SOURCES:
~ "Amite County, Mississippi, Cemeteries" (Mogan & Mogan w/Glen Huff, 1982), page 323
~ 1940 Federal Census – Amite Co, MS
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Mississippi_Census
~ (Maiden name; state of birth; links to parents) Contributor, K A (24 March 2023):
https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/47807887

Inscription

W/O JOSEPH

Gravesite Details

An African American Cemetery located 1.1 miles north of Hwy 48, 7.6 miles east of Centerville, Amite Co, MS – per contributor to the cemetery book.



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  • Created by: ~ MHS ~
  • Added: Feb 14, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142628588/ethel-otkins: accessed ), memorial page for Ethel Norwood Otkins (29 Jun 1910–3 Oct 1948), Find a Grave Memorial ID 142628588, citing New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Gloster, Amite County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by ~ MHS ~ (contributor 48114588).