Bertty Jean Parker

Blairsville, GA - Betty Jean Parker, nee Spiva died on Sunday, December 5th, 2010, at Athens Regional Medical Center after a sudden illness. She was born to Montine Wilson Spiva and Cecil D. Spiva on June 3, 1931, in Blairsville, Georgia, where she resided most recently. Betty was the widow of James Earl Parker, also from Blairsville, Georgia.
Betty is survived by her two daughters and their families, Linda Beasley and her husband Ted of Smyrna, Georgia, and Lois Brown and husband Ted of Winder, Georgia. Her grandchildren are Maria McDonald, married to Walter McDonald of Smyrna, Georgia, and Jason Brown and wife Gina of Worcester, Massachusetts. Her great-grandchildren are Zoe McDonald, age 9, and Seth Brown, age 9. Mrs. Parker and her husband raised their daughters in Smyrna, Georgia, then lived in Virginia Beach, Virginia. After retirement Betty moved to Athens, Georgia to be close to her daughters until moving to Wesley Mountain Village, in Blairsville.
The memorial service will be held at Lord and Stephens Funeral Home at 4355 Lexington Rd. in Athens, Georgia 30605, at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 11th, after the visitation at 1:00 p.m. there. Family and friends are invited to gather for a catered reception following at the home of Ted and Lois Brown in Winder. Address and directions will be available at Lord and Stephens on Saturday. Flowers are welcome or the family asks that any donations in her memory be made to their local animal shelter or the ASPCA.
Lord & Stephens East in charge of all arrangements. (706) 546-1587.