Betty Casey

Betty L. Casey, daughter of the late Malcolm Edward and Elva Christine Fortner Sills, was born near Bloomfield, Missouri on March 12, 1935, and passed away at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, Missouri on November 2, 2012, at the age of 77 years, 7 months and 21 days. She had grown up in Southeast Missouri, lived in St. Louis and then California for twenty years before returning to Dexter in 1976. She had worked at Arvin Automotive for thirty years a member of the Dexter Eagles Aerie and the U.A.W. Local. She had attended the Assembly of God Church in Dexter. On April 7, 1964, she was married to Johnie Jefferson Casey in Inglewood, California. He preceded her in death on February 2, 1982. Surviving are one daughter and spouse, Christine & Calvin Sandlin of Dexter, Missouri; four grandchildren, Linda Kirkpatrick, Dylan, Aaron and Quentin Sandlin all of Dexter; two great grandchildren, Larissa Throckmorton and Colton Lane Grigery both of Dexter; one brother, Charles Marler of Hillsboro, Missouri; two special nephews, Rocky and Jimmy Fortner both of Spokane, Washington. Other family and friends also survive. She was preceded in death by two brothers, George Leroy Fortner and James Edward Fortner in infancy. Visitation will be held on Thursday, November 8, 2012, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, November 9, 2012, at Watkins & Sons Chapel in Dexter, Missouri with the Rev. Phil Warren of Dexter, Missouri officiating. Interment will be in the Bloomfield Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements.