Mrs. Betty Jo Barrett Carter, age 86, passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2018, at her home in Cairo, Georgia. Services for Mrs. Carter will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 7, at Eastside Baptist Church in Cairo. The Rev. Andrew Donaldson and the Rev. Carl Harrell will officiate. A private interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Her grandchildren, Daniel Walker, Jared Walker, Jessica Iwanowski, Thomas Payne, Michael Iwanowski, and Samantha Gainous, and nephews, Mickey Halstead and Chuck Golden will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends, 6:00-8:00, Thursday evening, at Eastside Baptist Church.
Betty Jo Barrett was born September 30, 1932, in Grady County, Georgia. Her parents, Thomas Littleton Barrett and Atherlone Burnum Barrett, preceded her in death. July 1, 1950, Betty married the love of her life, J. N. Carter. She and J. N. have enjoyed 68 years together. Betty ran a day care in her home from 1965 to 1974. Many, many local children enjoyed her wonderful food and loving care. Mrs. Carter has been a member of Eastside Baptist Church since 1950. Everything Betty did, she gave it her all. If it was G. A.’s at church or Girl Scouts, she made it special for everyone involved. She started a quilting group at Eastside and the senior adult ministry, Keenagers. Betty was an excellent cook. She was always ready to prepare for anyone, whatever the need, and whatever the number of hungry people. Betty was a member of the Pilot Club of Cairo. She was an accomplished seamstress. It could be Easter dresses for her girls or costumes for any church activity. Maybe it was making puppets for a church puppet ministry or providing alterations for a local clothing store, Betty was ready to sew, cook, decorate, whatever was necessary. A loving mother, wife, and nanna, Betty Jo Carter will be deeply missed by her many, many friends and the family she loved so very much.
Betty Carter is survived by her husband, J. N. Carter; children, Barbara Walker (Dennis), Carolyn Payne, Janis McDonald (Tony), and Donna Gainous (Todd); grandchildren, Daniel Walker, Jared Walker, Jessica Iwanowski, Thomas Payne (Jessica), Michael Iwanowski (Hayley), and Samantha Gainous; great grandchildren, Presley and Jaxson Iwanowski; siblings, Aubrey Barrett, Gene Barrett, Marilyn Golden, and Ted Barrett. She was preceded in death by her parents; grandson, Michael Todd Gainous, Jr.; son-in-law, Terry Payne; siblings, Wayne Barrett, LeGette Barrett, and Wylene Halstead.
On-line condolences may be sent at www.Coxfuneral.net. Cox Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
