Betty Ann Hamby

(DAVISTON) Services for Betty Ann Hamby, 75, of Daviston, will be Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at 3 p.m. at Mountain Springs Baptist Church. The Rev. Tim Whaley and the Rev. Jimmy Sprayberry will officiate. She will lie instate for one hour at the church prior to the service. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Radney Funeral Home.

Mrs. Hamby died Monday, April 5, at Traylor Nursing Home in Roanoke.

She was born on April 10, 1934, in Tallapoosa County to Gaines S. Meigs and Zella Naomi Cotney Meigs. She was a member of Mountain Springs Baptist Church. She graduated from Daviston High School with 12 years of perfect attendance and with straight A’s. Mrs. Hamby worked as a secretary at Southern Union State Community College. She loved traveling and working outdoors. She loved horses, fishing and her family, especially her grandchildren.

She is survived by her husband, William Allen “Billy” Hamby of Daviston; daughters and sons-in-law, Patricia and Jeff Oliver and Melissa and Lynn Thornton, all of Daviston, Melanie and John Wilkins of Wadley and Pamela and Larry Jones of New Site; 12 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and a brother, Clifford Meigs of Daviston. She was preceded in death by her parents.

Grandsons will serve as pallbearers and granddaughters will serve as honorary pallbearers.

The family will accept flowers or contributions may be made to Mountain Springs Baptist Church, 15191 County Rd. 62, Wadley, AL 36276.

Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.radneyfuneralhome.com.

Radney Funeral Home, Alexander City.