Harriet Albina Say

Harriet Albina Say December 24, 1931 - December 20, 2010 Harriet Beatty Say will be greatly missed but always alive in our hearts. Albina Diana Lorraine Beatty Say, was born Albina Davilia on December 24, 1931 in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois to Harriet Evelyn Evans Davilia and Clyde Raymond Beatty. Albina took her mother's name upon her death in1950 becoming Harriet Diana Lorraine Beatty dropping Albina as her first name. She moved in the early 1930's to 1761 SE 9th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL and graduated from Rosairian Academy in West Palm Beach, FL in 1950. She became a circus performer during the summers while she was in high school with her father's circus "The Clyde Beatty Cole Brothers" Circus. Inspired by both her father and mother's love for a wild animal act and a fourth generation animal trainer she started performing her own act when she and Ed bought her first set of two young female lion cubs which she promptly named "pam and tam" from a zoo in Thousand Oaks California in 1959. She and Ed eventually built the act up to consist of 8 lions and 2 tigers performing various tricks. She performed as a headliner routinely with the Pan American Circus, Bartok Circus, Paul Kaye International Shows, Tom Packs Circus, Hamid Morton Circus and George Hubler circus from 1960 -1977 when she subsequently retired from performing. In 1977 Ed and Harriet produced several Elvis Presley's Conventions as well as several International Pet Shows in cities throughout the North and South East coast. In 1990 Ed and Harriet again changed their profession from show producers to concessionaires with the start up of Ed Say and Associates booking their Snow Cone and Cotton Candy Concessions in the Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL and the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, FL. They retired together in 2008 when Harriet was diagnosed with colon and ovarian cancer. Harriet finally succumbed to the disease on December 20th 2010. Harriet married Edward William Say in January 1953 and had 3 children. Edward Raymond Say 1954, Evelyn Marie Say 1956 and Michael Robert Say, 1963 she is survived by her husband Edward, and her children, Edward, Evelyn and her grandchildren Nicholas Jaynes and Shanna Say. Her son Michael predeceased her in 1983.