Betty Whiddon

Ms. Betty Sue Whiddon, 76, of Recovery community, near Bainbridge, GA, passed away March 31, 2009 at her residence. The funeral service will be at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 4, 2009 at Recovery United Methodist Church with Rev. Donna Sue Roberts, Rev. Jean Watson, Rev. John Whitehead, Rev. Charles Stephens and Rev. Lynn Roberts officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, near Chattahoochee, FL with Paul David Johns, David Sellers, Kenneth Whiddon, Jack Whiddon, Blaine Cort and Fred Broome serving as active pallbearers. The family will receive friends Friday, April 3, 2009 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may be made to Bainbridge - Decatur County Humane Society, P.O. Box 429, Bainbridge, GA 39818 or Recovery United Methodist Church Building Fund, c/o Paul David Johns, 330 Booster Club Road, Bainbridge, GA 39819. Ms. Whiddon was born April 7, 1932 in Chattahoochee, FL, the daughter of Sank B. Whiddon and Carrie Bell Grimsley Whiddon. She was a graduate of Chattahoochee High School, Florida State Hospital School of Nursing and was a registered nurse. Ms. Whiddon was a member of Recovery United Methodist Church where she was treasurer of the Ladies Lydia Group. She was also a supporter of PETA and Arbor Day. She was preceded in death by her great nephew, Brian Moody. Survivors include her two sisters, Mae Moody of Recovery Community and Peggy Cooper and her husband Johnny of Recovery Community; four nieces and nephews, Carrie Ann Flynn and her husband Bill, Peggy Sue Anderson and her husband Ernie, Rex Allen Moody and his wife Connie and Dennis Keith Cooper and his wife Monique; four great-nieces and nephews, Zoe Logan, Shana Dean and her husband Deano, John Clayton Cooper and Emily Catherine Cooper; two great-great nieces and nephews, Sabryna Dean and Nicolas Dean; and her dear friend Patsy Dowdy.