Bettye Earle Lee Busbin, 87, of Summerville, Georgia, died on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at Alive Hospice, Nashville.
Mrs. Busbin was born Jan. 12, 1929, the daughter of the late Henry Benjamin Lee & Flora E Nelson Lee. She and her late husband, James Walter “Buddy” Busbin, were self employed, operating James W. Busbin Contractors, Inc. for 40 years. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Mrs. Busbin enjoyed a long and blessed life and passed away peacefully, surrounded by the love of her children.
She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Bettye Lee and Jeffery Finley, Brentwood, TN., Melody Grace and Jimmie Hampton, Nashville, TN. and Susan Earle Busbin Hirsch, Marietta; son and daughter-in-law James Walter “Buz” and Elizabeth Pax Busbin, Summerville; grandchildren, David Hirsch, Alison Hirsch, Emily Hirsch, James “Trey” Busbin, III, Olivia Pax Busbin and Caleb Lee Hampton; and foster son, Kenneth Rapier Busbin.
Funeral services are being held at Earle Rainwater Funeral Home Chapel, with Minister Roger Jones officiating, at 3 p.m., Sunday, June 26; Interment will follow in Summerville Cemetery. Active Pallbearers are Auby Longley, Clifford Higgins, Jacob Anglin, Jeffery Finley, Jimmie Hampton, and Tommy Busbin. Honorary Pallbearers are former colleagues and employees of James W. Busbin Contractors, Inc. and members of the Churches of Christ in Chattooga County.
Visitation will be Saturday, June 25 from 6-8 p.m. at the Earle Rainwater Funeral Home, who is in charge of arrangements