OWENSBORO, Ky. — Betty Render Majors, 95, of Owensboro, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. She was born on Nov. 12, 1926, in Ohio County, Kentucky, to the late Emmett and Jessie Boyd Render.
Betty was a graduate of Kentucky Wesleyan College and earned a master’s degree from the University of Kentucky. She worked in Frankfort, Kentucky, and the Felmont Oil Company in Owensboro. Betty also taught education at Centertown School, Ohio County High School, and Owensboro Community and Technical College.
She was a member of Waltons Creek Baptist Church in Centertown since 1954 where she attended faithfully when possible. She was especially proud of her church. Betty was also a member of the Hartford D.A.R, BETA SIGMA PHI at Kentucky Wesleyan College and loved playing Bridge.
Aside from her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Majors; two sisters, Lucy Render Armstrong and Adelle Render Jackson; and three brothers, Walter P. “Tomy,” J.B., and Donald Render.
Left to cherish her memory are her four nieces, Patricia Jordan, Phyllis Jackson Levandowski, Susan Armstrong, Sue Prittchett Thomas, and four nephews, Gerry Jackson, Wayne, Kenny, and Larry Render.
Services will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 1 p.m. Bevil Bros. Funeral Home in Beaver Dam, Kentucky, with Bro. Gary Shockley officiating. Friends can visit with the family from 11 a.m. Tuesday until time of the service. Burial will follow at Waltons Creek Cemetery near Centertown.
The family requests expressions of sympathy be made by donations to the American Heart and Cancer Society foundation.
Online Condolences can also be made at www.bevilbrosfuneralhomes.com.