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Submitted: 2/8/22 • Approved: 2/9/22 • Last Updated: 2/12/22 • R1419149-G0-S3
TECHNICAL FIFTH CLASS US Army
97 Infantry
World War II
September 27, 1922 - December 31, 2012
Bronze Star Medal
*Obituary
John Roy "J.R." Betts, age 90 of Searcy, AR., died Monday, December 31, 2012, in Searcy, AR.
He was born September 27, 1922, in Searcy, AR., to John Rodney Betts and Dovie Simpson Betts.
He was a US Army Veteran of WWII, retired from Adams Pest Control and a member of Four Mile Hill Church of Christ.
He is survived by two daughters, Peggy Smith and husband Gary of Searcy, Shirley Baugh and husband Vaughan of Searcy; four grandchildren, Mitzi Holland and husband Chuck, Melanie McIntire, Monty Baugh and wife Misty, Justin Baugh and wife Jennifer; eight great-grandchildren, Nick Hastings, Nicole Hastings, Jessica Holland, Seth Jones, Grace Herron, Brody Baugh, Brooks Baugh, Lucian Baugh; and one great-great-grandson, Payton Hastings.
He is preceded in death by his father, John Betts; mother, Dovie Betts Bell; wife, Doris Betts; three brothers, John Rodney Betts(Infant), Jake Betts, Frank Betts; and two sisters, Fannie Stracener and Johnny Crain.
Arrangments were by Powell Funeral Home. Burial was in Harmony Cemetery.
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