FRANKLIN FURNACE —
Marketta Valentine, 78, of Franklin Furnace, died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 in OSU Medical Center in Columbus.
Born Aug. 1, 1934 in Portsmouth, she was the daughter of the late Elzie and Alta Reed Tackett.
She was a 1952 Clay High School graduate. She received her bachelor’s degree from Ohio University and her master’s degree from Xavier University. She was retired from Green Local Schools where she was a school teacher and was a member of the Retired Teacher’s Association.
She is survived by two daughters, Diane (Rick) Daniels of Minford and Janet (Randy) Crace of Franklin Furnace; two sons, Randy (Susie) Childers of Minford and Rob (Leah) Valentine of Russell, Ky.; six grandchildren, Brent (Deborah) Daniels, Rachael Childers, Sean (Mandy) Childers, Ashley (Craig) Spangenburg, Amy (Ryan) McClintic, and Tyler Crace; and six great-grandchildren, Eli Daniels, Erin Daniels, Kallie Childers, Morgan Spangenburg, Madison Spangenburg and Alex Spangenburg.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Challas Tackett.
Graveside services will be at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Pastor Brett McGraw officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Franklin Furnace.
Friends may call from 11 a.m. to noon Monday at Erwin-Dodson-Allen Funeral Home in Minford.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at edafh.com.
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