PALMETTO Betty Jean Parker, age 80, of Palmetto, Ala., died October 1, 2013, at Aurora Health & Rehab in Columbus, Miss. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, October 4, 2013, at Double Branch Independent Baptist Church with Rev. John Williams officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. The body will lie in state one hour prior to services at the church.She was preceded in death by her husband, James Roland Parker; her parents; brother, Oneal Pate; and sister, Myrtle Fondren.Survivors include her daughter, Marilyn Lindsay (Cecil); sons, Ronnie Parker (Dottie), David Parker (Tami) and Darron Parker (Robbin); brother-in-law, Lyndon Parker (Jeanette); sister-in-law, Betty Stimac; nine grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.Mrs. Parker was born June 7, 1933 in Gordo, Alabama to the late Andrew Pate and Gennie Allen Pate. She married at the age of 16 to James Roland Parker. She started out working at Bryce and eventually owned Parker's Grocery in the Palmetto community until her retirement at the age of 76. You could always be welcomed by a smiling face when stopping by. Mrs. Parker was a well known and life long resident of Pickens County. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She enjoyed working with her flowers and watching them grow. Among other pastimes she enjoyed sewing; later in life you could catch her out in the swing on the front porch. She was a long time member of Double Branch Independent Baptist Church in Zion, Alabama. She believed in the Sovereign God of the universe who has His way among the armies of Heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. She was ready to meet her Lord. We love her and will assuredly miss her, but look forward to a happy reunion someday thanks to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.Pallbearers will be Tommy Orr, Roy Thomas, Lucas Parker, Zackery Parker, Mike Stimac, and Stevie Oglesby.Honorary pallbearers are the grandchildren.