Betty Godwin

Betty Jean Anderson Godwin was born on Oct. 11, 1935, in Gleason and died Sept. 23, 2017. She was the daughter of Robert and Ruby Anderson. Betty married Harold Godwin in Corinth, Miss., on May 15, 1954, and she was a farmer’s wife for 49 years.
Betty worked several jobs in her life. She was certified in Nashville as a state licensed beautician. Being the oldest of three children, Betty helped to mother her two siblings, Martha Morris and Charles Anderson, before having her own. While raising her and Harold’s three children, Betty worked every day managing a large hog farm.
Everyone in Gleason knew what a hard-working woman Betty Godwin was. She would set her alarm clock for every night around 1 a.m. to go check the hog barns. She delivered thousands of baby pigs in the middle of the night. After retiring from the farm after 25 years, Betty and Harold built the Gleason Korner Kafe, where she became well known for her amazing homemade pies. But her career didn’t stop with a whisk! She worked as a seamstress at H.I.S. in Gleason and at Martin Manufacturing and picked up another job working as the night shift security guard for Spinks Clay company. She also hand-wrote thousands of letters answering fan mail for her son-in-law, Mike Snider, for over a decade.
Betty was loved and respected by everyone, and she loved her children and their spouses: Sabrina and her husband, Mike Snider, Benita and her husband, Hoyt Giffin, and David and his wife, Jennifer Godwin. However, Betty’s greatest loves were her grandchildren: Katie Snider, Blake Snider, Derek Giffin and H.D. Godwin.
Betty was a lifelong member of New Valley United Methodist Church in Gleason. Graveside services were officiated by Bro. Chip Davis of Union City. Betty Godwin was an angel on earth, and she will be greatly missed, but the love and lessons she has given us throughout her life will always live in our hearts.
Williams Funeral Home of Gleason was in charge of arrangements.
Published 9.26.17