Betty Jo Fletcher Barber passes away

Betty Jo Boothe Fletcher Barber, who attended Monongah High, passed away Tuesday, May 19.

Betty was born in York, Pennsylvania and lived in Fairmont.

Betty Jo Fletcher Barber

 

I couldn't find Betty in my Monongah High graduation lists. 

Betty’s obituary:

Heaven welcomed one of the most beautiful souls to ever walk on this earth. Betty Jo Barber, 73, of Fairmont, entered into the arms of her Savior and is enjoying the glorious reunion with family and friends who went before her.

Betty Jo was born April 8, 1947, in York, PA, the daughter of George and Virginia Boothe. Due to unfortunate circumstances she was adopted by James R. Fletcher and Naomi (Southern) Fletcher Cunningham.

 

When her parents divorced, she lived with her dad, Jimmy who later married Mary McDougal Fletcher, whom Betty Jo dearly loved. She has three brothers, Tim Fletcher, Bob Fletcher and John Fletcher.

 

She lived in Rachel and enjoyed her time there. A few years later, Naomi came back into Betty’s life and she would go stay with her and her husband Harold Cunningham in  Hutchinson, where they owned two nursing homes. Betty would go back and forth as she grew up spending time with both families. She was a pleaser and would do all she could to make everyone happy.

Betty Jo attended Monongah High School. She worked in her mother’s nursing home through high school and a few years after.

 

She met her husband Charles “Chuck” Barber and they had two children, Crystal Laureen and Harold Wayne. Betty and Chuck divorced and Betty never remarried but devoted her life to her children. She was a homemaker, cleaned homes and businesses. She became a caretaker for several of her aging family members, whom she dearly loved.

Betty Jo has four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Crystal married Larry Williams and they have two children, Joshua Ellhannon and Victoria Gabrielle. Wayne is the father of Brittany Nichole and Brent Nicholas. Brittany has two children, Leland and Landon, and Brent has a son, Blane.

Betty Jo was a very proud grandma and was close to her grandkids. She loved them with all of her heart and spoiled them whenever she could. Her grandchildren were her pride and joy and she always bragged on all of them.

Betty Jo always felt a void in her life. She wanted to find her biological family and throughout the years would try to find them. At the age of 50, she found her birth mom and her six siblings. Kenneth Boothe, Tommy Boothe, George Boothe, Larry Boothe, Louise Spangler and Donna Vaughan. Her father had passed some years before. She developed a strong, loving relationship with her family and filled the void she had felt for so long.

Betty was known as a jokester and loved to have fun and with all she came in contact with. Everyone that knew her couldn’t help but love her. She took a piece of all our hearts with her and we are certain we will see her again.

Betty Jo loved the Lord with all of her heart and attended Trinity Assembly of God for many years before her failing health. She was a beautiful servant helping when she could.

Viewing will be at Carpenter and Ford Funeral Home, 209 Merchant Street in Fairmont, on Thursday, May 21, 2020, from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. and Friday, May 22, 2020, from 10 a.m. until the service at 12:00 p.m., at the funeral home, with Pastor Charles Fancher officiating. Interment will follow at Grandview Memorial Gardens.

The family would like to thank Clarksburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Amedisys Hospice Care for the loving and absolutely wonderful care that they gave to Betty Jo.

Betty loved children. She never liked to see them suffer or go without their needs. Memorial contributions may be made in her name to the National Youth Advocate Program, 909 Morgantown Ave, Fairmont, WV 26554.