A 1956 graduate of Reidsville High School, Reidsville, NC, she started her working career at Jefferson-Pilot Insurance Company in Greensboro, NC.
While in Greensboro, she met handsome Kenneth Leroy Smith, an Army soldier stationed at Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, NC. They fell in love and married December 24, 1959 in Kenneth’s hometown of Dyersburg, TN. After settling in Memphis and making it their hometown, Betty Bliss was employed at First Tennessee/First Horizon Bank and retired with 35 years of service.
Betty Bliss passed away January 7, 2021 at Highland Heights Nursing Home in Memphis, TN.
Survived by brothers: Oliver Clyde Clark (Sue), Hillsborough, NC; William Jackson Clark, Reidsville, NC; and sisters: Mary Ella Clark Miller, Greensboro, NC; Becky Clark Jenkins (Richard), Summerfield, NC; Judy Clark Barber, Ruffin, NC; Ruby Lee Clark Lowe Horsley (Kermit Martin), Stuart, VA; and Linda Clark Stanley (Larry), Henrico, VA.
She is also survived by numerous Nephews and Nieces and Great Nephews and Great Nieces and numerous Clark and Apple cousins.
Committal Service will be held on March 1, 2021 at 1:30 pm at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery , 4000 Forest Hill Irene Rd, Memphis, TN.
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