Obituary of Betty Jean Wyatt

Mrs. Betty Jean Bidgood Wyatt, age 81, formerly of Dublin, GA passed away on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 in Auburn, GA. Funeral service will be held on Sunday, April 15, 2012, at 3PM at Hamilton Mill Memorial Chapel, Buford. Rev. Danny Newbern will officiate. The family will receive friends on Sunday, from 1-3PM at the funeral home. A graveside service will follow on Monday, April 16, at 12PM at Northview Cemetery in Dublin, GA with Rev. Bobby Hutto officiating. Flowers are accepted, or the family requests that donations be made to Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation, 10810 E. 45th Street, Suite 300, Tulsa, OK 74146, www.crhcf.org, or to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, Church Street Station, P.O. Box 780, New York, NY 10008-0780, www.michaeljfox.org. Betty is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Tammi and Gary Fountain, Auburn; Son, Russell Mayo, FL; daughter, Davan Jenkins, VA; grandchildren, Stephen Phillips, Jr. (Jessica), Shanna Mayo, Jennifer Greeson, Tommy Lynn Jenkins, Jr.; and a number of nieces, nephews, and other relatives. Betty retired as an Equal Opportunity Specialist with the Federal Railroad Administration. She was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and had served as a radio repair specialist from 1953 to 1954 with the 30th Air Transport Squadron. In her later years, Betty found joy in singing with her church choir.