Betty Tate Godfrey

August 8, 1933 – December 24, 2016

Mrs. Betty Tate Godfrey, 83, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, December 24, 2016. Born in Gordon County, Georgia and a graduate of Plainville High School and valedictorian of her senior class, Mrs. Godfrey lived Red Bank, Tennessee for the past 59 years. A loving wife, mother and grandmother, she was a long-time member of Hixson First Baptist Church.

Betty T. Godfrey is survived by her husband of 60 years James Robert Godfrey; her son, James Tate Godfrey and his wife Lourdes M. Godfrey; her daughter, Teresa Godfrey Norman and her husband Timothy Eugene Norman, and their son Benjamin Tate Norman and daughter Sarah Beth Norman.

Mrs. Godfrey is also survived by three bothers: Richard Vinson Tate (Rome, Georgia), Doyle Tate (Miami, Florida) and Lawrence Tate (Greensboro, North Carolina) and one sister: Helen Anne Tate Davenport (Calhoun, Georgia).

Mrs. Godfrey is preceded in death by her parents: Henry Grady Tate and Lillie Ada (Shope) Tate one brother: J. B. Tate and four sisters: Ira Mae (Tate) Stephens, Eva (Tate) Richardson, Martha (Tate) Stone and Mary Francis Tate.

The family will host visitation on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.

Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 11:00 am at the Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.

Please share your thoughts and memories at www.chattanooganorthchapel.com.

Arrangements are by Chattanooga Funeral Home, North Chapel 5401 Highway 153

Hixson, Tennessee 37343 423) 698-2541