Betty Pease Van Winkle

Betty Pease Van Winkle, formerly of Mexia, passed away on January 15, 2023 in Bacliff, Texas at the age of 93.  Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, January 20, 2023 in the Shiloh Cemetery conducted by Reverend Dr. Ray Bagby.  Visitation with the family will be prior to the service from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home.

Betty was born to Russell and Dolly (Mitchell) Pease on October 10, 1929 in Shreveport, Louisiana. She loved music from a young age, she played saxophone with her brother as a small child live on the local radio station and loved to sing in her church choir. She played in a ukulele band and she was able to gift a piano to her granddaughter. Betty loved her coffee, wine and cigarettes as well as to go shopping. She bragged on her prized possession of the Coach tennis shoes that she found on clearance. Many fond memories were made on the farm in Mexia. She was very loved and will be missed, but will always be with us in our hearts and memories, says her granddaughter Kailie Rayn Kirkpatrick.

Betty was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Jesse Maurice Van Winkle; Son, Mickey Van Winkle Albritton; grandchild Billy Van Winkle and great grandchild, Samuel Knight.

Betty is survived by her children, Donna Beaumont and husband Roger, Dan Van Winkle and wife Martha, Sandra Van Winkle, Bill Van Winkle and wife Marla, Kathryn Kirkpatrick and Fiancé Michael Johnson, John Van Winkle  and wife Michelle; brother, Tommy Pease and sister in-law, Peggy Pease; and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.