Otto Beatty Jr. (1940 - 2021)

Born 14 Jan 1940 in Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 May 2021 at age 81 in Ohio, United States

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Biography

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Otto Beatty Jr. was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives.^[1]

Otto Beatty was born in 1940. He was the son of Otto Beatty and Myrna Moore and is the grandson of Mayme Williams Moore, the mother of the Columbus Branch of the NAACP.

He passed away in 2021 and is buried at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus.^[2]

Political Career

Among his political accomplishments, Otto Beatty, Jr., was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1979 and served for 18 years. He was succeeded in office by his wife, Joyce.

"He is a former chairman of the Ohio Commission on Minority Health and a former president of the Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association. He has been a member of the National Association of Defense Lawyers, the American and Columbus Bar Associations, the National Conference of Black Lawyers, the American and Ohio Trial Lawyers Associations, and the Columbus Area Black Elected Officials." ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Otto Beatty Jr.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #226954035
3. ↑ Otto Beatty, Jr. biography on "George Washington Williams Room," Ohio Statehouse.

• 1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940"
  Citing enumeration district (ED) 93-105, sheet 61B, line 50, family 34, 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 3243.
  FamilySearch Record: KW87-NMK (accessed 1 May 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89MB-BW26
  Otto B Beatty (0), single son, in household of Otto Beatty (31) in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States.