Bettilee IreneReynolds

Bettilee Irene Reynolds moved to Heaven on January 15, 2011.  A service celebrating her life will be at 2:00 PM Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at the Coker-Mathews chapel with Pastor Butch Bruton officiating.  Burial will follow at Prairie Valley Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM  Monday, January 17, 2011 at the funeral home. 

She was born November 27, 1927 in Alton, Kansas to Everett Grover Brent and Zepha Ella Conn.  She married Rev. Royce Reynolds on November 19, 1952 in Dallas, Texas.

Left to cherish her memory are her son, Michael Reynolds and wife Martha and daughter-in-law, Vicki Reynolds Hill; grandchildren, David Lee Reynolds Jr., Angela St Mars and husband Jason, Chris Reynolds and wife Deidra, and Emily Reynolds; great-grandchildren, Ryan Reynolds St Mars, Joshua St Mars, Joseph St Mars, Parker Reynolds, and Reese Reynolds; many nieces and nephews and a host of very special close friends and members of New Life Church of Caddo Mills.  She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son, David Lee Reynolds Sr., brother, Caroldene Brent and sister, Maxine Meadows.

She spent over 10 years as a missionary to Israel.  She established the first, Jerusalem Women’s Aglow in 1980 while volunteering at the “Life Line for the Old”, a Jewish organization for elderly people.  She worked for the Christian Embassy and was a coordinator in the Feast of Tabernacles Celebration for 1980-1987.  She returned to the states in 1994 to run Little Star Ministries, Inc. raising support for the missionaries left behind.  Her heart was always still in Jerusalem and she never ceased to pray for the peace of Israel.

Pallbearers will be Dave Conner, Tommy Harris, John Stangohr, Andy Adcock, Elden Hampton, and Rod Watkins.  Honorary pallbearers will be Ernest Meisenheimer, Dick Zachary, James Lewis, Don Wheeler, and Jack McNutt.

The family would like to thank Dr. Tim Ellington and the caring staff of Hospice Plus.  A special thanks to a host of caregivers these last 6 months.  She left this message for you from Hebrews 6:10, “God will not forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name”, as you ministered and cared for her.

Memorials may be made to the building fund of New Life Church of  Caddo Mills or the Christian Friends of Israel.