Mrs. Bettye Earle Lee Busbin

MRS. BETTYE EARLE LEE BUSBIN, 87, of Summerville, Georgia went to be with Jesus Christ, previously departed family and friends Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at Alive Hospice, Nashville, Tennessee.  Mrs. Busbin was born January 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.

            Surviving are daughters and sons-in-law, Bettye Lee  and Jeffery Finley, Brentwood, TN., Melody Grace and Jimmie Hampton, Nashville, TN., 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; foster son, Kenneth Rapier Busbin.

            Funeral services are being held at Earle Rainwater Funeral Home Chapel, with Minister Roger Jones officiating, at 3:00 P.M., Sunday, June 26, 2016; interment in Summerville Cemetery.  Active Pallbearers, Auby Longley, Clifford Higgins, Jacob Anglin, Jeffery Finley, Jimmie Hampton, and Tommy Busbin.  Honorary Pallbearers former colleagues and employees of James W. Busbin Contractors, Inc. and members of the Churches of Christ in Chattooga County.  Visitation will be Saturday from 6 until 8 P.M. at the Funeral Home.

            Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for MRS. BETTYE E. BUSBIN.