Betty Jean Kunz, age 86, passed away at St. Francis Hospital Saturday, July 30, 2016, surrounded by nurses and her close companion and care giver, Verlinda Morgan. She was born September 15, 1929, to Carl Brunson Pugh and Louise Evans Pugh in Memphis, TN. She lived her entire life in Memphis except for a short time in Mississippi. After graduating from Messick High School she went to work for Bell South and worked there 33 years where she met her late husband, Robert Louis Kunz. They were married 44 years.
Betty is survived by her sister and brother-in-law Dr. Wm. Robert and Carolyn Green of Jonesboro, AR, nephews, Robert Carl Green of Hope, AR, Dr. Edward Douglas Green of Jackson, MS, caregiver, Verlinda Morgan, two sisters-in-law, several cousins, and many friends from Ridgeway Baptist Church, Messick High School, and from her neighborhood.
Mrs. Kunz spent the last two years at Kirby Pines Retirement Community under the excellent care of the staff and personal caregivers. Services will be at Memphis Funeral Home on Poplar at 10 AM Tuesday, Aug, 2, with a time for gathering of friends and family at 9 AM until time of the service. Burial will follow at the Helen Crigger Cemetery in Munford, TN.
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