Betty Jean Griffith

Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Jean Griffith will be held at 11:00 am Wednesday April 10, 2019 at the New Hebron United Methodist Church. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11:00 am before the service. Rev. Mike Dubose and Rev. Mike Hart will officiate. Interment will follow in the New Hebron Cemetery. Saulters Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Betty Jean Thurman Turnage Griffith passed away Saturday April 6, 2019 following a brief illness. Mrs. Griffith was born February 16, 1932 in Prentiss, MS. In 1962 she married Preston B. Turnage and made her home in Jackson, MS where she worked in the banking and oil industries. Upon the death of Mr. Turnage, she returned to Prentiss where she met and married in 2002 Charles W. (Buzzy) Griffith of New Hebron, MS. She and Mr. Griffith spent their retirement years traveling the country in their camper before making their home in New Hebron. Pallbearers will be Keith Thurman, Wayde Benson, Jarred Griffith, Brooks Jones, Larry Loftin and Curtis McNeil. Honorary Bearers will be Greg Jones, Chuck Griffith and Rodney Mitchell. Mrs. Griffith was preceded in death by her parents, George Clyde and Vera Thurman; husband, Preston Turnage, husband, Charles Griffith and her brother George Clyde Thurman, Jr. She is survived by her sister, Sara Nell Cooley of Richardson, Texas; brother, William Howard Thurman and wife Linda of Canton; sister,  Syrenthia Ann Mitchell and husband Rodney of Picayune; sister-in-law, Carolyn Thurman of Prentiss. She is also survived by her children, Linda Griffith Jones and husband Greg, Charles “Chuck” Griffith and wife Nancy all of New Hebron. She was blessed with four grandchildren, four great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Online condolences and a guest registry are available at www.saultersmoorefuneralhome.com