August 20, 1998

ATHA HORTON

CHARLESTON -- Atha Lee Horton, 68, of Chicago Heights, died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1998. She was born April 30, 1930, in Clarkton, daughter of Starling and Bea Bertha Hudson Horton. Horton lived in Charleston most of her life, moving to Chicago Heights about a year ago...

CHARLESTON -- Atha Lee Horton, 68, of Chicago Heights, died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1998.

She was born April 30, 1930, in Clarkton, daughter of Starling and Bea Bertha Hudson Horton.

Horton lived in Charleston most of her life, moving to Chicago Heights about a year ago.

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Survivors include a daughter, Fredia Wade of Chicago Heights; a sister, Emma Allen of Mansfield, Ohio; three brothers, Eugene Horton of Charleston, T.C. Horton of East St. Louis, Ill., Arlee Horton of Haines City, Fla.; and three grandchildren.

Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Grand Avenue Seventh Day Adventist Church, with Pastor Roosevelt Williams officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Friends may call at the church Friday from noon until service time.

Sparks Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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