Betty White went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on November 29, 2018 at the age of 85. She fought the tough fight with cancer for only four months. Betty accepted the Lord as her Savior as a teenager in Houston, Texas. She was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma on October 3, 1933 to parents Henry and Sybil Creamer.
Betty's life was characterized by a strong Christian faith and love for others. She taught children's Sunday school class at First Baptist Church for twenty years and exhibited a loving spirit to all who knew her. Betty was a talented seamstress, quilt maker, painter, ceramic maker, wood carver and bridge player.
Betty was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother of three children, six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and sisters Virginia Sheppard and Dorothy Daves. She is survived by her husband Joseph and their children Mickey White, Vicki and David Auth and Nicki and David Holbert, grandchildren Justin and Chelsea White, Erica and Mike Nelson, Austin and Miranda Auth, Allison and Wylie Hillman, Holice Holbert, Joseph Holbert, and great grandchildren Brody Nelson, Corbin White, Paige Nelson and Porter White.
Visitation will be at Hampton Vaughan Crestview Funeral Home on Monday, December 3 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The funeral service will be at First Baptist Church in Wichita Falls in the old sanctuary at 2:00 pm with Pastor Bob McCartney officiating. A graveside service will follow at Hampton Vaughan Crestview Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Bill Brewster, Dale Dodson, Jim Ginnings, Buster Harmon, Gene Leach and Joe Howard Williamson. Online condolences welcomed at www.HamptonVaughanCrestview.com
