Betty Beatty

Graveside services and interment for Betty Lou Beatty, 68, of Cookeville and formerly of St. Joseph/Benton Harbor, Michigan, will be held Friday, May 1st at 11 a.m. at Boiling Springs Cemetery. Bro. David Dalton will officiate. Visitation will immediately follow the service at the cemetery, followed by a meal for friends and family at Algood Church of Christ. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, May 9th at 10:30 a.m. at Benton Harbor Church of Christ. Bro. Rusty Stark will officiate. Mrs. Beatty died Tuesday morning April 28, 2015 in Cookeville Regional Medical Center. She was born January 13, 1947 in Benton Harbor, MI to the late Jewell Earl and Goldie Mae Gabbard King. Betty deeply loved her family and church. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and homemaker who put her family's needs before her own. She was an active and faithful member of Benton Harbor Church Christ where she loved people and serving. Her happy, friendly, loveable and encouraging nature will be fondly remembered and deeply missed. Her family moved to Cookeville in July 2014 and have been members of Algood Church of Christ. She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Alfred ‘Al' Humphres Beatty (whom she married January 18, 1963 in Benton Harbor); daughters, Pamela (Daniel) Miller, of Cookeville and Debbie Whitney (fiance Marty Trousdale) of Benton Harbor; sons, Gary Beatty and Alex Beatty of Lakeland, FL; grandchildren, Rochelle (Josh) Whitehead, Randall Whitney (and fiancé Jessica Kunce), Karen (Joshua) Knight and Kimberly Miller; great grandchildren, RJ and Devan Whitney, Peyton and Jaymee Kunce, and Madison Whitehead; brothers, Jim, Tom and Lloyd King; and by sisters, Glenda Johnston and Mary Ann Clark. Memorial contributions may be made to Algood Church of Christ, 395 W Main Street, Algood, TN 38506 and/or to Benton Harbor Church of Christ, 1495 East Empire Ave., Benton Harbor, MI 49022.