Betty Lou Varley
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Betty Lou Varley, 84, of Winchester, died Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 at the Crestwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hillsboro.
She was born Sept. 17, 1927 in Webertown, the daughter of the late George and Mary Larrick Trautwein.
She was a 1945 graduate of Lynchburg High School and a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Lynchburg.
She and her husband, Wendell, owned a farm in Buford and grain farmed for many years. They also had a sawmill and raised hogs. In 1972, they bought a home in Florida and retired there.
Betty enjoyed walking the beach and searching for shark teeth and shells. She also loved flowers and raising orchids in her own orchid greenhouse.
She is survived two daughters and sons-in-law, Cheryl and Bob McClain of Wilmington, and Connie and Jim Stevens of Winchester; three grandchildren, Toy (Wayne Avedisian) Maxwell of Winchester, Keith (Molly) Stevens of Hillsboro, and Steven (Christin) McClain of Wilmington; five great-grandchildren, Daiquiri (Eric) Nehus of Texas, Brian Maxwell of Winchester, Ally Avedisian of Winchester, Nathan McClain of Wilmington, and MacKinzie Stevens of Hillsboro; a great-great-grandson, Ayden Nehus of Texas; a niece, Kim (Steve) Weimer of Dayton; grand-nephews, Marshall Weimer, United States Marine Corps, and Cameron Weimer of Columbus; and a sister-in-law, Tippie Faris of Dayton.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wendell Raymond Varley, on Sept. 21, 2000.
Services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011 at the Davis-Turner Funeral Home, Lynchburg. Burial will follow in the Buford Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 11 a.m. until the time of service at 1 p.m. at the funeral home.
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She was born Sept. 17, 1927 in Webertown, the daughter of the late George and Mary Larrick Trautwein.
She was a 1945 graduate of Lynchburg High School and a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Lynchburg.
She and her husband, Wendell, owned a farm in Buford and grain farmed for many years. They also had a sawmill and raised hogs. In 1972, they bought a home in Florida and retired there.
Betty enjoyed walking the beach and searching for shark teeth and shells. She also loved flowers and raising orchids in her own orchid greenhouse.
She is survived two daughters and sons-in-law, Cheryl and Bob McClain of Wilmington, and Connie and Jim Stevens of Winchester; three grandchildren, Toy (Wayne Avedisian) Maxwell of Winchester, Keith (Molly) Stevens of Hillsboro, and Steven (Christin) McClain of Wilmington; five great-grandchildren, Daiquiri (Eric) Nehus of Texas, Brian Maxwell of Winchester, Ally Avedisian of Winchester, Nathan McClain of Wilmington, and MacKinzie Stevens of Hillsboro; a great-great-grandson, Ayden Nehus of Texas; a niece, Kim (Steve) Weimer of Dayton; grand-nephews, Marshall Weimer, United States Marine Corps, and Cameron Weimer of Columbus; and a sister-in-law, Tippie Faris of Dayton.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wendell Raymond Varley, on Sept. 21, 2000.
Services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011 at the Davis-Turner Funeral Home, Lynchburg. Burial will follow in the Buford Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 11 a.m. until the time of service at 1 p.m. at the funeral home.
To sign the on-line register, please visit www.turnerfuneralhomes.cc.[[In-content Ad]]