Mrs. Betty Jean Wise Stafford

Sorrells Funeral Home - Geneva

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Date: May 22 2013 11:21 AM

Mrs. Betty Jean Wise Stafford of Westville, Florida passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013.  She was 74.

 

Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Thursday, May 23, in the chapel of Sorrells Funeral Home in Geneva with Rev. Garry Winstead officiating.  Burial will follow in the Hurricane Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with Sorrells Funeral Home of Geneva directing.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday, May 22, from 6 until 8 p.m.

 

Mrs. Stafford was born March 14, 1939, in Geneva County, Alabama to the late James Clifton and Bertha Melton Wise.  She was a pillar in her community who cared for so many of her neighbors, friends and relatives.  She was a very loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother.  Betty will fondly be remembered as a wonderful cook.  She was of the Baptist faith.

 

In addition to her parents a grandson Kody Michael Stafford, a brother, Junior Wise, two sisters, Louise Johnson and Virginia White, as well as an infant twin brother, all preceded her in death.

 

Survivors include her husband of 49 years, Elton “Bud” Stafford, Sr., Westville, FL; two daughters: Brenda Stafford, Westville, FL and Janie S. Weeks (James), Earlytown, AL; two sons: Elton “Buddy” Stafford, Jr., Westville, FL and Michael Stafford (Jan), Bonifay, FL; three grandchildren: Tyler Weeks, Presley Hobbs, and Stran Stafford; one sister, Frances Cossen (W.D.), Defuniak Springs, FL; several nieces, nephews, other extended family and a host of friends.  

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