Betty Jean Alston passed away on September 27, 2014, at the age of 80. She died at approximately 8:30 P.M. in Savannah Health Care located in Savannah, Tennessee. A service honoring her life will be held at the Utica Baptist Church in Utica, Mississippi on Wednesday, October 1, 2014, with visitation starting at 10:00 A.M. and the service at 11:00 A.M. She will be interred in the Town of Utica Cemetery next to the church.
Mrs. Alston would have been married 63 years on October 1, 2014, of this year to Don Evans Alston Sr. who survives her. They were high school sweethearts attending E.E. Bass Junior-Senior High School in Greenville, Mississippi and were married before graduating.
They made their life loving and supporting their family. They started out in the Air Force for several years stationed in California and Texas. They spent many years as farmers and owners of a sign business in Vicksburg, MS with their oldest son, Don Evans Alston, Jr. (Rusty). Betty and Don owned a farm in Utica where they made their home and were members of Utica Baptist Church.
Betty was born in Portland, Arkansas on March 5, 1934,to Luther Marion Avery and Sarah Emily Oaks Avery. All of her siblings have preceded her in death. They were Dorman Avery, Chubby Avery, Jimmy Avery, Jack Avery, Thomas Luther Avery, Eula Jones, Sue Richardson, and Mary Ann Davis.
Published online by Glenwood Funeral Home, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Mrs. Alston would have been married 63 years on October 1, 2014, of this year to Don Evans Alston Sr. who survives her. They were high school sweethearts attending E.E. Bass Junior-Senior High School in Greenville, Mississippi and were married before graduating.
They made their life loving and supporting their family. They started out in the Air Force for several years stationed in California and Texas. They spent many years as farmers and owners of a sign business in Vicksburg, MS with their oldest son, Don Evans Alston, Jr. (Rusty). Betty and Don owned a farm in Utica where they made their home and were members of Utica Baptist Church.
Betty was born in Portland, Arkansas on March 5, 1934,to Luther Marion Avery and Sarah Emily Oaks Avery. All of her siblings have preceded her in death. They were Dorman Avery, Chubby Avery, Jimmy Avery, Jack Avery, Thomas Luther Avery, Eula Jones, Sue Richardson, and Mary Ann Davis.
Published online by Glenwood Funeral Home, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Betty Jean Alston passed away on September 27, 2014, at the age of 80. She died at approximately 8:30 P.M. in Savannah Health Care located in Savannah, Tennessee. A service honoring her life will be held at the Utica Baptist Church in Utica, Mississippi on Wednesday, October 1, 2014, with visitation starting at 10:00 A.M. and the service at 11:00 A.M. She will be interred in the Town of Utica Cemetery next to the church.
Mrs. Alston would have been married 63 years on October 1, 2014, of this year to Don Evans Alston Sr. who survives her. They were high school sweethearts attending E.E. Bass Junior-Senior High School in Greenville, Mississippi and were married before graduating.
They made their life loving and supporting their family. They started out in the Air Force for several years stationed in California and Texas. They spent many years as farmers and owners of a sign business in Vicksburg, MS with their oldest son, Don Evans Alston, Jr. (Rusty). Betty and Don owned a farm in Utica where they made their home and were members of Utica Baptist Church.
Betty was born in Portland, Arkansas on March 5, 1934,to Luther Marion Avery and Sarah Emily Oaks Avery. All of her siblings have preceded her in death. They were Dorman Avery, Chubby Avery, Jimmy Avery, Jack Avery, Thomas Luther Avery, Eula Jones, Sue Richardson, and Mary Ann Davis.
Published online by Glenwood Funeral Home, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Mrs. Alston would have been married 63 years on October 1, 2014, of this year to Don Evans Alston Sr. who survives her. They were high school sweethearts attending E.E. Bass Junior-Senior High School in Greenville, Mississippi and were married before graduating.
They made their life loving and supporting their family. They started out in the Air Force for several years stationed in California and Texas. They spent many years as farmers and owners of a sign business in Vicksburg, MS with their oldest son, Don Evans Alston, Jr. (Rusty). Betty and Don owned a farm in Utica where they made their home and were members of Utica Baptist Church.
Betty was born in Portland, Arkansas on March 5, 1934,to Luther Marion Avery and Sarah Emily Oaks Avery. All of her siblings have preceded her in death. They were Dorman Avery, Chubby Avery, Jimmy Avery, Jack Avery, Thomas Luther Avery, Eula Jones, Sue Richardson, and Mary Ann Davis.
Published online by Glenwood Funeral Home, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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