Betty Jean Mayberry Washington, Natchez

1936 - 2008

NATCHEZ - Services for Betty Jean Mayberry, 71, of Natchez, who died Sunday, March 30, 2008, at her residence, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at New Beginnings Baptist Church, St. Peter Rock campus, in Cranfield, with the Rev. LeRoy White officiating.
Burial will follow at Leesdale Cemetery under the direction of George F. West Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 5:30 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home and from 10 a.m. until service time Friday at the church.
Mrs. Washington was born Aug. 13, 1936, in Adams County, the daughter of Leroy and Mary Lee Mayberry.
She was employed as a cook at many businesses. Her last employment was at the Lunch Box Restaurant which she enjoyed and was affectionately known as “Mrs. Betty.”
She was preceded in death by her husband, Engle Washington Jr.; her parents; and two brothers, Nathaniel and Homer Mayberry.
Survivors include four daughters, Salina Edwards and husband, Joseph, and Annie Owens and Isaac, all of Natchez, Rosezealia Williams and husband, Robert, both of Vacaville, Calif., and Patricia Grisby and George, both of Vallejo, Calif.; nine grandchildren, Tyrone Hendricks and wife, Cathy, both of Arlington, Texas, Yolanda Williams of Dallas, Carmelita Washington of Natchez, Quarnita Washington of Vallejo, Calif., Jovon Edwards and Sharonikkah, and Darius Edwards, all of Atlanta, Sheneika and Robert Williams III, both of Vacaville, Calif., and Wayne Grisby of Vallejo; five great-grandchildren, Alton and Quinton Williams of Dallas, Aniyah Ruffin of Vallejo, Brandon Hendricks of Arlington, Texas and Sydney Edwards of Atlanta; two sisters, Annie Ruth Mayberry of Natchez and Pauline Ford and husband, Johnny, both of Locust Grove, Ga.; six brothers, Gerome Wells, Johnny Lee Mayberry, Rayford Mayberry and wife, Shirley, and Daniel Mayberry, all of Natchez, Oscar Mayberry and wife, Edna, both of Atlanta, and David Mayberry of Stockton, Calif.; mother-in-law, Annie Bell Washington of Bay City, Texas; four sisters-in-law; four brothers-in-law; and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.