Mrs. Betty Sims Harrelson, 86, died on July 21, 2018 at home. She was born in Madison, GA and was the daughter of Raymond Travis and Marjorie Rucker Higginbotham. She lived in Plymouth, NC, Springhill, LA, Vancouver, WA, but lived the last 50 plus years in Hixson, TN where she was a member of Hixson Presbyterian Church and a former member of Red Bank Presbyterian Church. She was a former member of the Civic Arts League of Chattanooga.
She held several secretarial positions, was an excellent seamstress, and a talented painter. Her paintings hang in numerous homes of relatives and friends across the U.S. She attended Augusta Jr. College, Valdosta State College, and the University of TN at Chattanooga.
Survivors include daughter and son-in-law Karen and Victor Dockery of Knoxville, TN; son and daughter-in-law Martin and Sandy Harrelson of Signal Mountain, TN; daughter and son-in-law Margie and Fred Watson of Dunlap, TN; and daughter Angie Rogers of Hixson, TN; three grandchildren, Sam Harrelson, Madison Rogers, and Charley Watson; brother and sister-in-law Travis and Palsy Higginbotham of Greenwood, SC; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, July 24th from 2-4 pm at Chattanooga Funeral Home North Chapel, Hixson. The funeral will be at 4:00 pm on Tuesday in the funeral home chapel. Interment will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
For those who wish, memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association in Betty’s honor.
Arrangements are under the care of the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson. Please share your thoughts and memories at www.chattanooganorthchapel.com
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