It is with great sadness that the family of Betty Jo Embry Rock announces her passing on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. At the age of 68, Betty went to be with the Lord. Betty was born Nov. 4, 1943, to the late Herbert and Edna Wittinghill Embry.
She worked as a homemaker and was a member of McHenry Baptist Church. She attended New Assembly Church in Hartford at the time of her death.
Besides her parents, Betty was preceded in death by her loving husband, Jerry Rock and her brother Wendell Embry.
Betty will be forever remembered by her daughter, Bo Berryman and son-in-law, Doug; her grandchildren, Jessica Blankenship and her husband Michael, Jordan Overstreet, Lily Cate Berryman, Griffin Berryman and Cooper Berryman; her brothers, Phillip Embry and Kenneth Embry and wife Jackie; her sisters, Regina Nimmo and husband Jerry and Orena Boyd and husband Gene and her in-laws, Clarine Baldwin, Linda Davis, Danny Rock and wife Barbara, Freddy Rock and wife Linda, Dickie Rock, Phillip Rock and wife Vickie and Roger Rock and wife Sharon. Betty will also be remembered by her nieces, nephews and extended family and friends.
A celebration of Betty’s life will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam with Rev. Scott Fleener officiating. Burial will be in Sunnyside Cemetery in Beaver Dam. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p… Thursday and 9 a.m. until the time of service Friday at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Friends of the Ohio County Animal Shelter, Inc., P.O. Box 7, Hartford, KY 42347. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Online messages of condolence may be made at www.danksfuneralhome.com.