Miss-Delectable
New Member
- Joined
- Apr 18, 2004
- Messages
- 17,160
- Reaction score
- 7
Bettie R. May | The News Leader | newsleader.com
Bettie Rachel May, 70, passed away Wednesday Sept. 21, 2011, at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Bettie was born June 7, 1941, in Russell County, Va. and was the daughter of the late Charles and Leonia Peck.
She attended the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. She also worked at a poultry plant in Dayton for 23 years and retired in 2002. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Staunton. During her retirement, she enjoyed caring for her family, especially her grandchildren.
On Oct. 20, 1971, she married Billy Edward May who preceded her in death on Sept. 24, 2006. She also is preceded in death by a brother, Billy Peck and a sister, Deborah Smith. Her surviving family includes a son, Mark May of Staunton; a daughter, Martha Ringwald and her husband, Mark, of Harrisonburg; four grandchildren, Ivy Mahlee Dickenson, Aiden Paul Ringwald, Aubree Rachel- Marie Ringwald, Sutton Fields Golaschevsky and her husband, Marc; and three great-grandchildren, Studley "Reese" Golaschevsky, Skylar Fields Golaschevsky and Simon "Ephraim" Golaschevsky; brothers, Charles "Junior" Peck and his wife, Phyllis, of Grundy and Gregory Peck of Lebanon; sisters, Jean Benley and husband, Pete, Margaret Dye and husband, Steve Jackson, Kathy Fuller and husband, Roy, Sue Dye and husband, Bill, all of Honaker. Also, in addition to her family, two close friends Charles "Bud" Price and Charlene Blankenship survive.
A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, at the Kyger Funeral Home Chapel in Harrisonburg with Dr. Steve Traylor officiating. Burial will follow in the Green Hill Cemetery in Churchville. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday.
Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society 420 Neff Ave., Ste. 210, Harrisonburg, VA 22801 or The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind at 514 E. Beverly St., P.O. Box 2069 Staunton, VA 22402. Bettie's family would like thank Dr. Mike Douvas and the staff at U.Va. Oncology, 8 West, for all the kindness and compassion shown to their family. Online condolences may be sent to the family at Welcome to the Frontpage.
Bettie Rachel May, 70, passed away Wednesday Sept. 21, 2011, at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Bettie was born June 7, 1941, in Russell County, Va. and was the daughter of the late Charles and Leonia Peck.
She attended the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. She also worked at a poultry plant in Dayton for 23 years and retired in 2002. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Staunton. During her retirement, she enjoyed caring for her family, especially her grandchildren.
On Oct. 20, 1971, she married Billy Edward May who preceded her in death on Sept. 24, 2006. She also is preceded in death by a brother, Billy Peck and a sister, Deborah Smith. Her surviving family includes a son, Mark May of Staunton; a daughter, Martha Ringwald and her husband, Mark, of Harrisonburg; four grandchildren, Ivy Mahlee Dickenson, Aiden Paul Ringwald, Aubree Rachel- Marie Ringwald, Sutton Fields Golaschevsky and her husband, Marc; and three great-grandchildren, Studley "Reese" Golaschevsky, Skylar Fields Golaschevsky and Simon "Ephraim" Golaschevsky; brothers, Charles "Junior" Peck and his wife, Phyllis, of Grundy and Gregory Peck of Lebanon; sisters, Jean Benley and husband, Pete, Margaret Dye and husband, Steve Jackson, Kathy Fuller and husband, Roy, Sue Dye and husband, Bill, all of Honaker. Also, in addition to her family, two close friends Charles "Bud" Price and Charlene Blankenship survive.
A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, at the Kyger Funeral Home Chapel in Harrisonburg with Dr. Steve Traylor officiating. Burial will follow in the Green Hill Cemetery in Churchville. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday.
Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society 420 Neff Ave., Ste. 210, Harrisonburg, VA 22801 or The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind at 514 E. Beverly St., P.O. Box 2069 Staunton, VA 22402. Bettie's family would like thank Dr. Mike Douvas and the staff at U.Va. Oncology, 8 West, for all the kindness and compassion shown to their family. Online condolences may be sent to the family at Welcome to the Frontpage.