Betty Jean Byers Blanks, 67, of New Chapel Road, Spout Spring, went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident. She was the wife of Jesse Gerald Blanks.
Betty Jean was born February 20, 1943 in Big Island, a daughter of the late Frank M. Byers, and Dorothy Goff Byers, of Big Island. She was a homemaker and a member of Bethany Pentecostal Holiness Church.
In addition to her husband and mother, Betty Jean is survived by two sons, G, Duane Blanks, and his wife, Kimberly, of Spout Spring; and David Michael Blanks; a daughter, Dorothy B. Phillips, and her husband, Bishop Robert Phillips. II; three brothers, Frank Byers, II, and his wife Shelby, Randy Byers, and his wife Cheryl, all of Big Island, and Ronnie Byers, and his wife Lisa, of Bedford; three sisters, Phyllis Martin, and her husband Roger, of Appomattox, Rita Baity, and her husband Paul, of Jacksonville, FL, and Bonnie Childress, and her husband Terry, of Forest; six grandchildren, Amber, Zachary, Cody, Allison, and Olivia Blanks, and Samuel Phillips.
A funeral service will be held 2:00 PM, Friday March 12, 2010, at Robinson Funeral Home with the Dr. Danny Penny and Rev. Johnny Newton officiating. Burial will follow in Bethany Pentecostal Holiness Church.
The family will receive friends from 7:00 until 8:30 PM at the funeral home Thursday night (tonight) and other times at the residence of her daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy and Bishop Robert Phillips, II.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorial contributions be made to Concord Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 48, Concord Va, 24538, or Concord Fire Department, P.O. Box 26, Concord Va., 24538.