Betty Marie Whitney Veach

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Betty Marie Whitney Veach, 88, passed away Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018 at her home, in Flower Mound, Texas.

Betty was born Aug.1, 1930, in Trenton, Mo., to Kenneth and Frances Whitney.

She married Ben Veach of Trenton in 1950 and together they raised their children and ran their family owned saddle shops in Fort Worth, Texas, and then Kerrville, Texas.

Betty is survived by her daughter, Gale Marie Veach, and son Ben Gale Veach Jr., with whom she lived; sister Ramona Sue Robertson, and brother-in-law Roy Dale Robertson and their two daughters; sister Judy Barritt and her two daughters; and her two living sister-in-laws and their children.

Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Ben Gale Veach, and siblings Mary Louise Eason, Harold Whitney, Joe Frank Whitney and Donnie Whitney.

Before moving to Flower Mound with her children she was an avid walker and gardener and attended Brick Chapel Methodist Church near Greencastle while she lived in Indiana.

Pre-determined cremation is being handled by Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home, Lewisville, Texas.