Betty Rose Wells passed from this life to her eternal life with Christ in heaven on June 17, 2015.
She was born in Folsom, Oklahoma on November 24, 1933 to Otto Levi Patterson and Sylvia Arizona Hartwick who were married in Tishomingo, Oklahoma in 1932 and who preceded her in death. Betty was the first child of this marriage and is survived by her sister and brothers: Mary Anna Patterson Rhodes of Paducah, TX, Kenneth Ralph Patterson of Sherman, TX and Teddy Clifford Patterson of Coleman, OK.
Growing up, Betty lived in two towns in Oklahoma: Folsom and Oklahoma City and for over a year in Centralia, Illinois. After graduating from Coleman High School in 1951, where she lettered in softball, Betty worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone as a switchboard operator in Durant.
Betty married Roy Henry Wells in August 1954 in Durant, Oklahoma. Although now in poor health himself, he has remained her faithful partner in every aspect of life for more than 60 years. Betty accepted Christ as her Savior at an early age and since adulthood has always been known as a prayer warrior, often literally on her knees keeping her family and friends covered in prayers. Betty graduated from the University of Tulsa 1969 with a Bachelor of Science in Education degree. As a mother, whether she enjoyed the sports or not, Betty supported her children’s activities and almost never missed her sons’ games of baseball, basketball, football or wrestling. At an early age Betty loved to sing and from her teenage years until her health problems just a few year ago she lifted up a beautiful voice praising God in numerous church choirs across Oklahoma.
This loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother is survived by her daughter, Sandra Jean Watts (Durant, OK); son Roy Steven Wells and his wife Martha (Katy, TX); son David Henry Wells and his wife Peggy (Owasso, OK); four grandchildren Kristin Marie Howard, Nathan Jack Watts, Kevin Daniel Wells and Melanie Dawn Leach and 4 great-grandchildren; Jackson Watts, Presley Watts, Brooklyn Rose Howard and William Jeremy Howard.
Betty lived almost her entire life in Oklahoma and ultimately retired to her and Roy’s final earthly home on Lake Hudson, just north of Locust Grove, Oklahoma.
Betty’s family wishes to thank the staff at the Baptist Village of Owasso for their care for her in the last years of her life.
Interment will be at the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Fort Gibson National Cemetery in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma.
