Betty Payton Sandefur

In Obituaries by OC Monitor Staff

BettySandefurBetty Payton Sandefur, 69, of Beaver Dam, died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at her home.

She was born in Fordsville, was a retired teaching assistant and a member of Slaty Creek Baptist Church in Beaver Dam.

Betty was preceded in death by her parents, Rev. Charles and Lucille Payton; a son, Wendell Sandefur, Jr.; and a brother, Rex Payton.

Survivors include her husband, Rev. Wendell Sandefur, of Beaver Dam; two daughters, Tammie Stong (Bob Crawford) of Greenbrier, Tenn., and Brenda (Rev. Eddie) Harpole, of Beaver Dam; five grandchildren, Joel Turner, Logan (Devon) Harpole, Bracken (Kayleen) Harpole, Grayson Harpole and Sara “Lynne” Turner; a great-grandchild, Skylin Abney-Hope Turner; three sisters, Linda (Al) Cecil and Nellie (Carl) Martin, both of Owensboro, and Shirley (James) Hays, of Lewisport.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, at Fordsville Baptist Church. Visitation will be 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. Sunday at Geary Funeral Home, Fordsville and after 10 a.m. Monday at the church.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to Hospice of Ohio County or The Gideons.