Betts, Betty Jo (Teal)

Betty Jo (Teal) Betts, 89, of Snow Hill, N.C., formerly of Vinton, Iowa, Lebanon and Middletown, Ohio, and Waynesville, Ill., died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center, Goldsboro, N.C. Memorial services are pending. Arrangements are with Howell Funeral Home, Goldsboro.

Betty was born Sept. 19, 1920, at Waynesville, Ill., the daughter of Joseph M. and Florence Miller Teal. She was a graduate of Clinton, Ill., High School class of 1939. She married Kenneth Betts on June 26, 1958.

She enjoyed cross-stitch, crocheting, needlepoint, gourmet cooking, and reading. She was quick with her wit and was a master storyteller. She was a member of Eastern Star Myrtle Chapter 151 in Clinton, Ill.

Surviving are her two daughters, Kim “Tweety” Robu of Vinton and Jacqueline Hardison of Snow Hill, N.C.; two sisters, Helen Harwood of Burleson, Texas and Dorthy Anderson of Good Hope, Ill.; four grandchildren, Beth Muncie and Darron Muncie, Middletown, Ohio, and Monique Gualito and Karalyn Hardison, Snow Hill, N.C.; and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband on Nov. 18, 1988, in Ohio; one daughter, Harriette Sue Sprague Muncie, on May 7, 2005, in Ohio; one brother and two sisters. 

Memorials may be made to Kitty Askins Hospice Center, 107 Handley Park Ct., P.O. Box 88, Goldsboro, NC 27534.