Betty Jean Collier

Betty Jean Gordon Collier, age 91, passed on, Sunday, September 25, 2016 in her Kingston home surrounded by her family. She was a life-long member of Luminary United Methodist Church in Ten Mile. She was preceded in death by her parents Brad Sullivan and Hester Branham Gordon, her devoted and loving husband of sixty three years, William Franklin Collier, Jr, her son Donald L Collier and daughter in law, Deborah Collier, her sister Marie Keylon and brother S.D. Gordon. She is survived by her brother Brad Gordon Jr. and sister Sylvia Gordon. Many grandchildren: Sandra and her husband Brian Crabtree, Tesha Long, Kimberly and her husband Derek Gentry, Kelley and her husband Joshua Narramore, and Gabriel Collier. All of her grandchildren reside in Kingston. Her great grandchildren are Brooke and her husband Justin Eubanks, Victoria and her husband John Alexander, Brandy and her husband Travis Smith, Private First Class Caleb Gentry, Karson Long and her fiancé Triston Loghry, Dakota and Madeline Narramore, Cadence, Reese and Tatum Collier. She has four great, great grandchildren; Jaylee, Elijah and Isabella Eubanks and Dean Smith. And her life long friend, Dorothy Bacon of Kingston. Betty has been an integral member in her community and church. Her hospitality and kindness have touched many lives in her 91 years. It was said that she could see you turn into her driveway and have a full meal on the table by the time you reached the house. She loved her vegetable and flower garden and provided her family with canned goods through the years. Even with her failing health the past few years, she has been adamant to put “things away for the winter”. She was a Sunday school teacher at Luminary for many years. She worked in the hosiery mill in Harriman before working in the meat department at the White Store in Kingston. Nothing made her happier than taking care of her husband, son, his wife and her grandchildren. Funeral 11am Wednesday September 28, 2016 at the Luminary United Methodist Church with Rev. Bill Duncan and Rev. Chuck Griffin officiating. Burial in Luminary Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 until 8pm Tuesday September 27, 2016 at the Luminary United Methodist Church.

Betty Jean Collier

June 29, 1925 - September 25, 2016