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December 10, 1938 –  May 18, 2016  Funeral Services for Betty Joyce (Umsted) Butler, 77, of Whitesboro, Texas, will be held Sunday, May 22, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at Meador Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tim Robinson officiating. Interment will follow the service at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held Saturday, May 21st from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. She passed away at Texoma Medical Center, Denison, Texas, Wednesday, May 18, 2016, with her family by her side.She was born to Ora Vernon and Myrtle Frances (Maglaughlin) Umsted on December 10, 1938, in Collinsville, Texas. She married Bobby Butler on January 31, 1958, in Gainesville, Texas and he preceded her in death on October 17, 2014. Betty was a long time member of North Hills Baptist Church in Whitesboro. She worked for Bill & Vivian Young in the sewing factory and after the factory closed, she worked for Hank & Rita Lovejoy at Lovejoy’s on Main making bread for the restaurant.
She is survived by a son, Brad Butler, and his wife, Tina of Whitesboro, Texas; daughter, Theresa McClure and husband, Larry of Sherman, Texas; grandchildren, Joshua Broomfield, Katharine Broomfield, Emily Henderson and Gabby Butler; great-granddaughter, Alaina Beckman; great-grandson, Waylon Karleskint; great-granddaughter, Natalie Broomfield and sister, Bobbie Neal of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Pallbearers will be Larry McClure, Keith Neal, Colton Baugh, Dale Baugh, Rick Baugh and Chad Simpson.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ora and Myrtle Umsted and a sister, Mary Baugh.
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