Betty Jane Price

Betty Jane Price, age 87 of Gatesville, passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2020 in Temple, surrounded by her family and nurses, who were angels to her.

Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 19, 2020 at Restland Cemetery, with Dr. David Crosby officiating.

Betty was born on December 5, 1933 in the Liberty Ohio community in Coryell County, to the late Joseph John and Sallie Jones Glaze. She graduated from Gatesville High School in 1950 and attended 4C Business College in Dallas.  While she was in college, she worked for Twentieth Century Fox.  She married Jimmie Wayne Price on May 22, 1954.  She worked for United Telephone Company for 35 years until her retirement.  She then worked for T.D.C.J. as a correctional officer and real estate agent until her second retirement.  Her husband, Wayne preceded her in death on March 31, 2005.  She was a member of First Baptist Church.

She was also preceded in death by her sisters, Bernice Tyson, Pauline Vermillion; and a brother, Jones J. (Red) Glaze.

Betty is survived by her children, Gayla Gould and husband, Steve, Debra Southerland, Kenneth Price and wife, Robin; brother, Rayford P. Glaze; brother-in-law, Perry Price and wife, Janice; eight grandchildren, Toby Gould and wife, Shawna, James Gould and wife, Crystal, Amy Rutherford and husband, Jimmy, Joseph Southerland and wife, Laura, Travis Price and wife, Makayla, Kaleb Price and wife, Serena, Brandi Price DeLeon, Sherrie Navejas and husband, Jimmy; 13 great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; a cousin that she considered a sister, Eva Jones Edwards and many nieces, nephews and friends.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Liveoak Cemetery Association.