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Obituary:

W. BETTERTON EXPIRES TODAY
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Veteran Port Neches Refinery Employe Dies
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PORT NECHES, Oct. 5 - William H. Betterton, 64, died at his home here early this morning following an extended illness of several months. He had been a resident of Port Neches for 20 years.

Former Gulf Man

Mrs. Betterton was a retired stillman from the Pure Oil company, where he had worked for 19 years. He ahd also been employed by the Gulf Oil corporation of Port Arthur for 15 years. He was a native of Danville, Va., and a member of the local First Baptist church.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Central Baptist church. The Rev. J. Earl Bryant of Groves and the Rev. J. B. Youngblood will officiate. Burial will be in Greenlawn cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Tom Sherman, J. D. McDonad, H. C. Reees, J. B. Ennis, H. H. Taylor and S. O. Hurst.

Survivors

Surviving Mr. Betterton are his wife and one daughter, Sarah, both of Port Neches; three brothers, G. C. Betterton of Groves, B. A. Betterton of Danville, Va., and B. B. Betterton of Detroit, Mich., and one sister, Mrs. Henry Lee Wyatt of Virginia.

(Published in The Port Arthur News on October 5, 1940)

William — Lydia Butaud. Lydia (daughter of Charles Alcibiade Butaud and Celestina LeBlanc) was born 2 Dec 1886, Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 20 Jul 1971, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; was buried 22 Jul 1971, Greenlawn Memorial Park - Groves, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Lydia Sarah Betterton was born 15 Aug 1928, Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; died 9 Jul 2011, Texas City, Galveston County, Texas, USA; was buried 13 Jul 2011, Forest Park East Cemetery - Webster, Texas, USA.