Betty Jo Beasley

Betty Jo Beasley was born October 31, 1938 in Viola, Tennessee to the late Howard Lafayette Smith and Rubye Olene Johnson Smith. On November 6, 2024, our mother’s sweet soul ended her earthly journey and joined our dad for their eternal reward in Heaven after a 20-year battle with Parkinson’s Disease and complications from this disease.

She married the late Wallace Sidney Beasley, Sr on August 1, 1959 in McMinnville, Tennessee and began the next phase of her life as a faithful preacher’s wife for over 60 years while Wallace served as a minister in the churches of Christ in Tennessee, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Delaware, and South Carolina. Her compassionate spirit, hospitality, and knowing how to care for others is her legacy by which she will be cherished and remembered. She was a true servant of God and was loved by many.

Betty is survived by her children: John Beasley, Sid Beasley, Liz (Rick) Woodley, Deborah (Brian) Shaw, Rebecca (Jamie) Horn, Tabitha (John) Keeler, and Wallace (Angela) Beasley, Jr, Guy (Katie) Smoak; thirteen grandchildren: John (Ellison) Beasley, Ben Beasley, Megan (Brian) Burton, Adam Woodley, Rachel (Josh) Shears, Brian Shaw, Jr, Jessica (Garrett) Shirey, Josh (Jenna) Horn, Jesse Horn, Paul Keeler, Eric Keeler, Sydney Beasley, and Jacob Beasley; eight great-grandchildren: Cooper, Olivia, and Landon Burton, Asher and Spencer Shaw, Mara Beasley, Vivian Beasley, and Kennedy Horn; sisters: Juanita Mitchell and Carolyn (Percy) Phifer; and several nieces and nephews. Along with her husband and parents, she is predeceased by her brother, Howard Gray Smith and brother-in-law Hardie Mitchell.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to Lexington Community Hospice House and her doctors, Dr. Claire Birdsong and Dr. Julie Kurek, as well as her physical therapist, Will Harmon, for the wonderful care they provided her over the years.

A visitation will take place on Saturday, November 9 from 5pm to 7pm at Dunbar Funeral Home, Irmo.

A funeral service will be on Sunday, November 10 at 2pm, Palmetto Church of Christ.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Southeastern Children’s Home in Duncan, SC or Palmetto Bible Camp in Marietta, SC.