Bethany, MO: Betty J. Carroll, 88, formerly of Coffey, Mo., passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Services will be held at 10am Thursday, May 10th, at McWilliams Funeral Home in Gallatin. Visitation is Wednesday evening 5 to 7pm where friends may call after 11am. Burial is at the Coffey Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Crossroads Hospice or the Coffey Cemetery in care of the funeral home.
Betty June (Gardner) Carroll, the youngest of two children of Russell (Buck) and Flossie (Adcock) Gardner was born in a small farmhouse west of Pattonsburg, Mo., on June 15, 1929.
Betty attended the Coffey school all twelve years of her education.
The spring of 1948 J.W. proposed to her. Realizing what a good man he was and how much she cared for him she accepted his proposal and they were married on December 1, 1948. To this union they were blessed with three children.
Betty was a homemaker and helped her husband in their business the Home Produce store, which she said was named appropriately to provide an income for their home. She loved being a wife, mother, and homemaker. Illness in her husband’s life forced her to find employment outside the home. She went to work at Places Store in Bethany, Mo. She worked at Places, which later became Pamida, for 35 more years, retiring in 2008. She loved being around people and visiting as they came through the store. She worked well beyond her need, but just loved seeing people and connecting. Many who came through the store, whether as a vendor or a patron, remember Betty as an icon at that store.
Betty was a member of the Coffey Christian Church and later the Highway New Testament Christian Church.
Preceding her in death were her parents; sister, Maxine; husband J.W. Carroll, and a granddaughter Crysania Wheeler.
In passing, she leaves a daughter Marcella and son-in-law Richard Summers of Sedalia, Mo.; two sons, Paul and his wife Della of Gallatin, Mo., Phillip and his wife Angela of Lamar, Mo.; 13 grandchildren, Shawn, Richelle, Daniel, Jennifer, Megan, Quentin, Jason, Tifny, Jolene, Lea Ann, Marquis, Joshua, and Abbey; 30 great-grandchildren, many nieces, nephews, and several others whom she loved.
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