Betty Jane Collins McCall was born April 2, 1930 in Marthaville, Louisiana. The Lord took her home peacefully November 10, 2023 from her home in Magnolia, TX where she was a beloved member of the Magnolia’s First Baptist Church family for 11 years. Her parents were Foster Moses Collins and Ruby Geraldine Middleton Collins. She was the oldest of 4 children.
Betty graduated from Northwestern Louisiana college and moved to Cameron Parish, Louisiana to teach Home Economics. She met and married the school superintendent’s son Lynn McCall. They lived in Grand Chenier, Louisiana next to Lynn’s parent’s home. She raised her 6 children and continued to teach, eventually teaching first grade. She instructed many students of Grand Chenier. Following her retirement from teaching, she worked for the parish library driving the bookmobile. She enjoyed visiting people all over the parish on her route.
Those who knew Betty knew her as a kind person, always smiling, kind-hearted and complimentary. She loved the Lord, her family and friends. She enjoyed sewing and gardening plants and flowers. She had beautiful roses on the ridge and a yard full of plants that were cared for every winter in her hot house.
She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, and 2 sons, Joe Lynn McCall and Jeff Robert McCall, sister Bobbye Nunez (Lee Nunez) and brother Bill Collins (Judy Callins).
She is survived by her children Jamie Lou McCall (Niles) of Los Lunas, New Mexico, Jean Ellen McCall of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Thomas Foster McCall (Sandra) of Magnolia, Texas, Ruby Marie McCall of Alexander, North Carolina, sister Judy Nichols of Lafayette, Louisiana and her grandchildren Anna Marie McCall and Timothy Lynn Monahan.
Betty's funeral service will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 18, 2023 in the Chapel of Peace at J.E. Hixson Funeral Home in Lake Charles. Rev. Jeff Williams will officiate and burial will follow in McCall Cemetery in Grand Chenier, LA.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.JEHixson.com for the McCall family.
