Beatrice Hackworth, 89, of Winona Lake, Ind., and formerly of rural Claypool, Ind., died at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw, Ind. She was born June 15, 1923, in Floyd County, Ky., to Jack and Biddie (Hackworth) Merritt. She married Malcolm Hackworth on Aug. 31, 1940. He died Sept. 18, …read more.