1939
Betty
2019
Betty Girlie
March 5, 1939 — October 8, 2019
Betty Jean Girlie, 80, of Dover, Tennessee peacefully passed away on October 8, 2019. There will be a celebration of life for Jean at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 12, 2019, at Nave Funeral Home, in Erin, TN. Her family will receive friends from 12:00p.m. until the hour of service on Saturday October, 12, 2019.
Jean was born in Flatwoods, VA in 1939 to parents Victor and Callie Greear. She was the sixth child in a family of eight. After graduation, at 18, Jean left her family in Virginia and adventured out to California on a Grayhound bus to live with extended family. She received her first driver’s license in California and practiced driving on the Los Angeles freeway. While living in California, she worked for Hughes Aircraft company. Some of her favorite memories of living out west, before moving back home, was visiting the Grand Canyon and camping in the desert. Jean lived, with her family, in Northern Illinois for 30 years before retiring, with her husband Mac, to Tennessee where they lived for 25 years. Jean loved vegetable gardening, canning and cooking. She loved collecting cookbooks and watching cooking shows. She loved to read and was an avid quilter, making several quilts for her children and extended family. Jean enjoyed watching football with Mac and was a Chicago Bears fan in both good times and bad. Jean loved spending time with her family and enjoyed visiting with her children, her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren whenever she could.
Jean is preceded in death by her parents and her husband of 56 years, Mac Girlie, her son, Jeffrey Everhart, and six brothers and sisters. She is survived by her son Robert (Judy) Everhart and daughters Sandra (Marcel) Anderson, Patricia (Edward) Wesseln and Melissa (Verlen) Morphey; sister, Shirley Lewis, ten grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews and extended family.
The family has entrusted Jean to the care of Nave Funeral Home, Erin, TN, navefuneralhomes.com, 931-289-4277.
To plant a beautiful memorial tree in memory of Betty Jean Girlie, please visit our Tree Store.
Jean was born in Flatwoods, VA in 1939 to parents Victor and Callie Greear. She was the sixth child in a family of eight. After graduation, at 18, Jean left her family in Virginia and adventured out to California on a Grayhound bus to live with extended family. She received her first driver’s license in California and practiced driving on the Los Angeles freeway. While living in California, she worked for Hughes Aircraft company. Some of her favorite memories of living out west, before moving back home, was visiting the Grand Canyon and camping in the desert. Jean lived, with her family, in Northern Illinois for 30 years before retiring, with her husband Mac, to Tennessee where they lived for 25 years. Jean loved vegetable gardening, canning and cooking. She loved collecting cookbooks and watching cooking shows. She loved to read and was an avid quilter, making several quilts for her children and extended family. Jean enjoyed watching football with Mac and was a Chicago Bears fan in both good times and bad. Jean loved spending time with her family and enjoyed visiting with her children, her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren whenever she could.
Jean is preceded in death by her parents and her husband of 56 years, Mac Girlie, her son, Jeffrey Everhart, and six brothers and sisters. She is survived by her son Robert (Judy) Everhart and daughters Sandra (Marcel) Anderson, Patricia (Edward) Wesseln and Melissa (Verlen) Morphey; sister, Shirley Lewis, ten grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews and extended family.
The family has entrusted Jean to the care of Nave Funeral Home, Erin, TN, navefuneralhomes.com, 931-289-4277.
To plant a beautiful memorial tree in memory of Betty Jean Girlie, please visit our Tree Store.
To order memorial trees in memory of Betty Girlie, please visit our tree store.
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