Bettye Howard Cannon passed peacefully from this life on September 5, 2011. She was born in Estacada, Texas on March 30, 1926 to A. A. Howard and Rose Brian Howard. She grew up in Olton, Texas and graduated from Olton High School and then attended Texas Tech.
She was married on September 29, 1946 to James Cannon of Cotton Center, Texas. James and Betty were pioneers in irrigation farming in the panhandle. They owned farms in Hale, Floyd, Swisher and Briscoe Counties and another in Boise City, Oklahoma.
Betty leaves behind her only daughter, Sharon and her husband Rex Jobe of Dallas, two grandchildren, Lauren Jobe Coyle and her husband John of Chapel Hill, N. C. and Reagan Jobe and his wife Courtney of Dallas Also Bettye's greatest joy were her
great -grandchildren Leah Grace and David James Coyle.
At her request there will not be a memorial.
