She loved scrapbooking, genealogy, and tending to her rose garden. Above all, Betty was a devoted wife, mother, and Nana. From the first night they met, when they wished upon the smallest star of the Little Dipper, she and her husband Jack were inseparable until his passing.
She was preceded in death by her husband Jack Porter Doane, Sr., parents, Alvin Edwin Cheshire and Katherine Isabel; and great grandson, Oscar Doane.
She is survived by four children, Jack Porter Doane, Jr. (Malia) of Holly Ridge, William Edwin Doane (Janet) of Walstonburg, Michael Jeffrey Doane, Sr. of New Bern, and Kimberly Doane Richards of New Bern; grandchildren, Christopher Chase Doane (Emily), Austin Ryan Doane (Miranda), Justin Darin Atkins, Stephanie Denise Ward (Jonathan), Chassidy Brooke Galyon (Tyler), Hannah Alyse Doane, William Jonathan Doane, Michael Jeffrey Doane, Jr. (Abigail), Cassie E. King (Rodney), Rachel Christen Saunders (Ryan), Sarah Catherine Wethington (Charley), Leah Marie Doane, Holly Ann Richards, and Heather Richards Buck (Eric); and twenty-three great grandchildren.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at the Greenleaf Memorial Park Lakeside Chapel. The family will receive friends immediately following the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association (www.alz.org).
Arrangements are in the care of Cotten Funeral Home & Crematory.
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