Betty Jewel (Kegley) Crump

Betty Jewel Kegley Crump, 95, former resident of Aberdeen, Ohio and formerly from Maysville, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at the Legacy Village Assisted Living in Tifton Georgia. She was the widow of Harry Douglas Crump who passed away in 1979.

Mrs. Crump was born in Lewis County, Kentucky on November 2, 1923 the daughter of the late George Henry and Anna Elliott Kegley.  She is survived by her two children; Douglas (Carol) Crump, of Seymour Indiana and Sheila (Bob) Cartwright of Tifton Georgia; five grandchildren, Steven (Leslie) Crump of Lexington, Shawn (Jo) Crump of Irvine, CA, Stephanie (Monty) Siefker of Seymour, IN, Jason (Sarah) Scott of Sylvester, GA and Stacy (Joshua) Brittain of Norman, IN; eight great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Besides her husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Vada Rigdon, Dorothy Jester and Virginia Carpenter and five brothers, Willard, Clyde, Ora, Elwood and Clarence Kegley. Henry and Anna Kegley were blessed with nine children and Mrs. Crump was the last surviving sibling.

For many years Mrs. Crump was a loyal member of the Central Baptist Church in Maysville. She faithfully attended and supported the church until she moved to Georgia to live with her daughter Sheila (Bob) Cartwright. The family will receive friends and family at Knox and Brothers Funeral Home on Friday, June 7, 2019 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Funeral services will be held at the Union Baptist Church in Lewis County at 2:30 PM Saturday, June 8, 2019. Burial will follow at the McEldowney Cemetery in Lewis County.

Memorials may be made to the Union Baptist Church, 8102 KY Hwy 344,Vanceburg, KY 41179. Condolences at knoxbrothersfuneralhome.com