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Betty Tabor Lane

Wickliffe Aug. 19, 1939 | Oct. 08, 2018
Wickliffe | Aug. 19, 1939 | Oct. 08, 2018
Betty Tabor Lane, age 79, passed away at her residence in Wickliffe, Kentucky on Sunday, October 7, 2018.

She attended Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Wickliffe.  Ms. Betty taught at and retired from Ballard Memorial High School.  Teaching was her passion and she was very involved in Ballard Memorial High School where she advised the “Bomb Staff”, was in charge of “Class Night”, and carried on the high standards set for the graduation services at BMHS.  She once received the Kentucky State Teacher of the Year Award.  After retiring from formal teaching, Ms. Betty taught youth and adults striving for their GED certification.  She loved watching UK Wildcats basketball games and the Dallas Cowboys football games.

Ms. Betty is survived by two daughters, Sherie Danels (Allen) of Wickliffe and Tammie Gordon (Tim) of Wickliffe; three grandchildren, Jackie Lane Bray (Glenn) of Barlow, Katie Browder (Andrew) of Clarksville, and Trevor Langston (Kari) of Paducah; two great-grandchildren, Avery Bray and Landree Bray.

She was preceded in death by her son, Walter Lee Lane, a grandson, her great-granddaughter, Anna Kate Bray, and her parents, Walter Lee Tabor and Ora Lee Williamson Tabor.

Funeral services will be held at Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Wickliffe on Friday, October 12, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Billie Prince officiating.  Burial will follow in Wickliffe City Cemetery.   Visitation will be held at Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Wickliffe on Thursday, October 11, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and again on Friday, October 12 beginning at 11:00 a.m. at Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Wickliffe.

The family would like to honorably mention the care-givers who ministered to Ms. Lane during her final months: Samantha Jackson, Danielle Tanner, Cheryl Wood, Leisa Carpenter, and Lauren Crice.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to: Scholarship in memory of Betty T. Lane  First Community Bank PO Box 90 LaCenter, KY 42056

You may go online to light a memory candle or leave a message for the family at www.milnerandorr.com


Milner and Orr Funeral Homes
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Paducah, KY 42001
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