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Submitted: 4/21/20 • Approved: 4/22/20 • Last Updated: 6/29/23 • R1312010-G1312010-S3
February 20, 1931 - October 8, 2011
Our dearly loved mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Marie Betts-O'Keefe-Harris, 80, of Camden, Arkansas, departed to join her Heavenly family on Saturday, October 8, 2011, surrounded by her family at St. Vincent's Infirmary in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mrs. Harris was born February 20, 1931, in Bodcaw, Arkansas. The daughter of Olen Betts and Murene Z. McNatt-Betts and the twin sister of E. Lee Betts. She attended Bodcaw High School and was a starter member for the girl's basketball team. Mrs. Harris was most known for owning and operating two restaurants in the Camden area. They were the Arkansas Cafe and the Bon Ton Cafe. She was a member of Unity Missionary Baptist Church of Camden and attended the Camden Senior Citizens Center where she participated in Silver Sneakers. Mrs. Harris loved music and traveled the state to hear friends and family preform. She attended many fiddle contest with her late husband, Glen Harris. Mr. Harris was a champion fiddle player in Arkansas. Mrs. Harris also had a great love for wildlife, especially the ones that visited her yard where she loved to work in her flower garden. With her parents she is preceded in death by her husbands, Buddy J. O'Keefe and Derell Glen Harris; her daughter, Debra Marie O'Keefe; and sister, Doris Evon Phillips-King. Survivors include her sons, Ron J. O'Keefe of Hot Springs, AR, and Gary M. O'Keefe of Fort Lauderdale, FL; twin brother, Lee Betts and his wife, Joy, of Texarkana, TX; sisters, Jean Phillips-Stinnett and her husband, Johnson; Jeanette Phillips-Jarvis-Jackson and husband, Travis, all of Camden. Also survived are grandson, Todd O'Keefe, and wife, Jennifer, of Pine Bluff, AR; her granddaughter, Jenifer O'Keefe-Spears, and husband, Ronnie, of Texarkana, TX. Also survived are five great grandchildren and extended family and friends. Funeral services for Mrs. Harris will be at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at Proctor Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Brandon Melton of Unity Missionary Baptist Church officiating. Burial services will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery with Proctor Funeral Home of Camden in care of the arrangements. Visitation with the family will be Tuesday, 5:00-7:00 p.m., at Proctor Funeral Home Chapel. A Reading from the Prophet Isaiah: Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine. Should you pass through the sea, I will be with you; Or through the rivers, they will not swallow you up. Should you walk through fire, you will not be scorched and the flames will not burn you. For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. This is the Word of the Lord.
Contributed on 4/21/20 by debbraszymanski
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