Rita Ellen (Spriggs) Walters (1921 - 2005)

Born 1 Mar 1921 in Champaign Co., Ohio, USA

Died 31 Jul 2005 at age 84 in Champaign Co., Ohio, USA

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Biography

Rita Spriggs was born 1 March 1921 in Champaign Co., Ohio.

1930 census^[1] 1940 census^[2]

She married(1) Hale Mefferd 17 September 1941 in Urbana, Ohio.^[3] They were divorced in June 1947.

She married(2) Howard Burson in February/March 1951 in Wayne Co., Indiana.^[4]The were divorced in January 1971.^[5]

She married(3) Merle Allen Walters 26 January 1971 in Gate City, Virginia.^[6]

She died 31 July 2005 in Champaign Co., Ohio. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4S6-GY6 : accessed 16 September 2018), Rita E Spriggs in household of Cecil G Spriggs, Urbana, Champaign, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 6A, line 14, family 170, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1755; FHL microfilm 2,341,489.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW6S-KZ7 : 15 March 2018), Rita Spriggs in household of Cecil Spriggs, Ward 3, Urbana City, Urbana Township, Champaign, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-23, sheet 7B, line 80, family 192, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3037.
3. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QQL-TJR : 8 December 2017), Hale Mefferd and Rita Spriggs, 17 Sep 1941; citing Champaign, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 545,418.
4. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9M-PZJ6 : 10 December 2017), Howard F Burson and Rita Mefford, ; citing Wayne, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,417,339.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Ohio, Divorce Abstracts, 1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
6. ↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK96-HY75 : 20 August 2018), Merle Allen Walters and Rita Ellen Spriggs Burson, 26 Jan 1971; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Gate City, Virginia, United States, certificate 71 002781, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
7. ↑ "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKR6-7VD : 8 December 2014), Rita E Walters, 31 Jul 2005; from "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing vol. 35091, certificate number 108474, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus; Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus.