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1935 - 2021 (85 years)| Name | Betty Jo BERRY [4, 5, 6] | |
| Birth | 12 Aug 1935 | Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina  [5] |
| Gender | Female | |
| HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina BETTY JO EMORE Posted Tuesday, March 16, 2021 6:00 am Betty Jo Berry Buchanan Emore arrived into this world Aug. 12, 1935, and departed March 14, 2021. She had a long and full life filled with triumphs and disappointments, loves and losses, but always handled with dignity and love everything that God shared with her. Her faith in Jesus Christ was deep, and she believed in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Her family was most important to her, and she was predeceased by her parents, Arthur Joseph Berry and Virgie Gunn Berry; two sisters, Nina Louise Pittman and Mary Alice Simpson; three brothers, James Arthur Berry, Franklin Delano Berry and Johnny Dale Berry; her husband, Donald Gary Dearman Buchanan; their infant son, Donald Maurice Buchanan; and an ex-husband, Melvin L. Emore. She is survived by her daughter, Theresa Dearman Buchanan; her granddaughter, Rachel Dearman Gunn Buchanan; her future son-in-law, Daniel Dow; numerous nieces and nephews; her beloved dog, Twinkle, and her granddog, Beanie Weenie. Her employment life was lengthy and varied, beginning at the Sumter Cut Rate Drug Store and Soda Fountain when she was about 15 years old and ending with retirement from the S.C. Department of Social Services. Memorials may be made to the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, 30 North LaSalle St., Suite 4300, Chicago, IL 60602-2584; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105; Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, 950 W. Faris Road, Greenville, SC 29605; or to the Sumter County SPCA, 1140 S. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150. Online condolences may be made at www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386. [1, 2, 4, 6] | |
| _UID | 511E99CEC1464EE0845561375C4145D230FB | |
| Death | 14 Mar 2021 | |
| Burial | Y [2, 3] | |
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| Person ID | I104389 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 19 Jun 2023 | |
| Father | Arthur Joseph “Arthur” BERRY, b. 9 Jun 1902, Poplar Bluff, Missouri d. 25 Mar 1957 (Age 54 years) | |
| Mother | Virginia “Vergie/Virgee” GUNN, b. 17 Nov 1906, Poplar Bluff, Missouri d. 19 Jun 1971, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 64 years) | |
| _UID | DF65F4F00D824524996AFC514427AD20A8B5 | |
| _UID | DF65F4F00D824524996AFC514427AD20A8B5 | |
| Family ID | F72265 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 | Donald Maurice “Don” Gary Dearman BUCHANAN d. 1971, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina | |||
| _UID | 628F9AD84EC2410A8793D593DBE48E4BD860 | |||
| _UID | 628F9AD84EC2410A8793D593DBE48E4BD860 | |||
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| Family ID | F141203 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2026 | |||
| Family 2 | Melvin L. “Mel” EMORE d. 2002, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina | |
| _UID | BD09C8CB689E4B749F788109F7F07A1B3B70 | |
| _UID | BD09C8CB689E4B749F788109F7F07A1B3B70 | |
| Family ID | F72267 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2026 | |
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