Betty Ivester

Betty Jean Ivester, daughter of the late Arvel F. Williamson and Francis Fay Rankin Williamson, was born Jan. 29, 1936, and departed this life Thursday, May 28, 2020, at the SoutheastHEALTH in Cape Girardeau at the age of 84.

Mrs. Ivester was the manager at Dollar General Store in Scott City for a number of years. She enjoyed embroidery and loved watching hummingbirds, but her greatest joy was her family.

On Dec. 10, 1957, she was united in marriage to Jessie Keith Ivester in Hernando, Mississippi. Mr. Ivester preceded her in death Dec. 5, 1997.

She is survived by two sons, Frank Ivester and his wife, Marsha, of Imperial, Missouri, and Paul Ivester of Scott City; by three daughters, Debra Lambert of Scott City, Kris Ivester of Manistee, Michigan, and Beth Tankersley and her husband, Scott, of New Hamburg, Missouri; by one sister, Janus Kling of Marion, Illinois; by seven grandchildren, Scot Smith and wife Mickie, Tommy Lambert Jr. and wife Brandy, Daniel Keith Lambert, Holly Bass and husband Michael, Lisa Ivester, Landon Drue Tankersley and Lacey Danielle Tankersley; and by 16 great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one son-in-law, Tom Lambert; by two brothers, Jerry Williamson and Lonell Williamson; and by two sisters, Dorothy Dawes and Emma Nell Kimbrel.

Visitation will be held from 1:30 until 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter, Missouri.

A memorial service will then be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral chapel, with the Rev. Jerry Williamson Jr. officiating.