Betty A. Black

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Betty A. Black, 87, Greencastle, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 after a short illness.

She was born in Clay County on June 16, 1929 to her mother Lucille Shidler Trueblood.

She graduated from Coalmont High School.

She married Robert L. Black on Jan. 7, 1950, and spent 67 happy years together.

She was a member of First Baptist Church in Greencastle.

Betty is survived by her husband Robert, two sons, Tom (Brenda), Kissimmee, Fla., and Terry (Dede), Greencastle; a brother, Larry Trueblood (Kathy), Leesburg, Fla., and two grandchildren, Ben Thomas (Roberta) Oak Creek, Wis., and Julie Black of Greencastle, two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her mother and her sister Iona Brown.

Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 29 at Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home, Greencastle, with Pastor Larry Stafford officiating. Burial will be at Forest Hill Cemetery in Greencastle.

Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. on Friday, April 28 at the funeral home.

Memories may be shared with the family at www.Hopkins-Rector.com.