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- Betty Jean Moore Jernigan
BIRTH 18 Jan 1928
Lindsay, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA
DEATH 21 May 2011 (aged 83)
Lindsay, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA
BURIAL
Green Hill Cemetery
McClain County, Oklahoma, USA
PLOT Section 9, Row 10
MEMORIAL ID 51201478
B.G. Boydston Funeral Home
Lindsay, OK
http://www.boydstonfuneralhome.com
Betty Jean Moore Jernigan was born on January 17, 1928 in Lindsay, Oklahoma to Marion Moore and Lottie (Glass) Moore. She married Donald Lee Jernigan on October 13th, 1945 in Winfield, Kansas. Betty passed from this life into the hands of her Heavenly Father on Saturday, May 21st, 2011 in Lindsay, Oklahoma at the age of 83.
Betty returned to live in Lindsay around 1975 after her husband retired from Conoco in Ponca City. Her Mom and Dad moved at the same time. Betty was active in Professional Business Women's Club, holding the position of President at one time. She was a member of the Church of God, and was always active in her church.
Betty worked as a Bell Telephone operator, was owner of a Merle Norman Store in Newkirk, Oklahoma, and worked at the Ben Franklin's store in Lindsay for years. In later years, she sat with folks who were ill and terminal.
Betty loved to play the organ and piano. She also loved fishing with family at Lake Texoma. Betty, her husband, Donald, and her Mom and Dad shared a love of gardening and canning.
Mrs. Jernigan is survived by two sons, Darl Jernigan and DeJuan Jernigan, two grandchildren; Colby Jernigan and Melisa Persuad and two great-grandchildren; Adrian Persuad and Darian Persuad.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Lee Jernigan, her parents, Marion and Lottie Moore and one brother, Mancil Moore.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jernigan are set for two o'clock p.m. on Monday, May 23rd, 2011 at the Church of God in Erin Springs, Oklahoma located South of Lindsay on Highway 76 with Rev. Greg Hatchett officiating. Interment will follow at Green Hill Cemetery in Lindsay, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of B.G. Boydston Funeral Home of Lindsay, Oklahoma. Condolences for the family may be made online at www.boydstonfuneralhome.com.
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