In Memory of Betty Chambliss April 8, 1928 - July 20, 2017 Obituary Betty was born on 4/8/1928 to Curtis & Nellie Chester Duncan. Her father owned a farm in Quincy FL. Betty and her six siblings helped with farm and household chores, and during the lean years of the Depression and WWII they also did odd jobs after school. In the summer the boys harvested tobacco, and the girls bundled it to dry- hard work for a meager salary. After a fire destroyed their home, part of the family moved to Jacksonville. While in high school Betty held a part-time job at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station where she met her first husband in 1945. After his discharge from the Navy, they moved to his home state of TX where their daughter Patsy was born. When their marriage ended, Betty became a working mother. She was a switchboard operator for several years at Southwestern Bell Telephone. She married Wallace Chambliss in 1955. Patsy was thrilled when they provided her with two little sisters, Charlotte and Cynthia. After the children reached school age, Betty began working at Peter Paul Candy Co. She later was employed in the school food service for the Carrollton-Farmers Branch School District, retiring after 30 years at Janie Stark Elementary. She was always a hard-working woman who put the needs of her family before her own. Betty enjoyed spending her free time with her husband and kids. They liked to picnic at White Rock Lake and swim and fish at Lake Texoma where they had a small cabin facetiously named The Mansion. They hosted frequent backyard barbecues with friends and neighbors. Many summers they joined Betty's siblings and their families in Florida for reunions with their other Chester & Duncan relatives. Raised in a small town, young Betty could only dream of seeing foreign countries. But her dream came true when she traveled to Mexico, Jamaica, England & Ireland. Wallace was a member of the B.P.O.E., and Betty was a Doe. She was also a member of the Farmers Branch Women's Club and the Garden Club. She participated in many activities at the Senior Citizen Center and especially enjoyed going on day trips. She lovingly welcomed David Taylor to the family when he married Pat, and then was happy to add Cindy's husband Jim Sentementes too. Her grandchildren Nicole, Brian, Chad & Harley Taylor and Amy & Callie Sentementes brought great joy to her life. Despite saying that it made her sound old, she was delighted to become a great-grandmother when Mia & Luke, the children of Nicole & Ken Matarazzo, were born. She was blessed with additional great-grands: Quarion, Leif & Finn, the sons of Harley &Paul Peyre, and Chad & Beth Taylor's girls Natalie & Casey. Betty became ill in March 2017 and died at home on July 20 of congestive heart failure. She was preceded in death by her parents husband Wallace, brothers Alver, Levi & Rev. Norman Duncan; sisters Elaine Duncan Helms, Anitra Duncan Walker& Rev. Ethelene Duncan Stuart and granddaughter Callie Sentementes. A memorial service will be held Tues., July 25, at 11:00 a.m. at Rhoton Funeral Home, 1511 S I-35E Carrollton TX. Visitation is Monday, 6:00- 8:00 p.m, at Rhoton. Those who wish to honor Betty may either send flowers to the service or make a donation to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital at stjude.org

CHAMBLISS
WALLACE C. - FEB 27, 1927 - JULY 5, 1994
BETTY H. - APR 8, 1928 - July 20, 2017

Hilltop Memorial Park, Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas