Betty Grace Sims Foxx

Betty Grace Sims Foxx, 92, of Greencastle passed away on Friday, December 1, 2023 at Asbury Towers. Betty was born in Greencastle on April 3, 1931, the daughter of George F. and Effie Inis (Reed) Sims, and was a 1949 graduate of Greencastle High School. Mrs. Foxx worked for 15 years as a receptionist at several residence halls for DePauw University. She also worked for General Telephone Company for 8 ½ years. Betty was a 50 year member of Merry Jills Extension Homemakers Club serving four of those years as a State District Representative, a founding member of Sherwood Christion Church, Hospital Guild, and Progress History Club. Survivors include her four children, Marcia Boswell, (David), Timothy Foxx, (Patti), Karen Wallace, and Melissa Ellison, (John); four grandchildren, Kenny Foxx, Heather Foxx, (Alex Riddle), Heidi Dotson, (Hezekiah), and Hannah Ellison; three great-grandchildren, Stella Rose Dotson, Emmett Reid Dotson, and Ezra James Dotson; three step-grandchildren; nine step-great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Merle “Peanut” Foxx; her infant daughter, Teresa Foxx; a son-in-law, Bruce Wallace; and eight brothers and sisters, Floyd, Marvin, Paul, Frank, and Maurice Sims, Geneva Dimitroff, Frieda Finney, and Norma Albin. Services will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 8, 2023, at Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home with Pastor Jim Staggers officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. until time of service on Friday. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Greencastle High School Alumni Association, C/O Greencastle Community Foundation, 2 S Jackson St, Greencastle, IN 46135. Memories may be shared with the family at www.BittlesandHurt.com.