Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Markland, Betty J October 14, 2006
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Elizabethton Star  Oct 17, 2006
Betty J. Markland 





    Markland, Betty Jane, of Flushing, Mich., age 72, went home to be with the 

Lord on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006, at Avalon Hospice. Funeral services will be 

held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006, at Calvary Christian Church, 7315 

Corunna Road, Swartz Creek. Pastor Michael Haines will officiate. Burial will 

follow at Flushing Cemetery. Visitation was from 1-4 p.m. and from 6-9 p.m. 

Monday at Rossell Funeral Home and from 10 a.m. until the time of service at 

the church on Tuesday. If desired, memorial contributions may be made to 

Calvary Christian Church. 





    Betty was born in Elizabethton, Tenn., on June 29, 1934, the daughter of 

Charles and Ella (Aldrich) Colbaugh. She married Clyde Howard Markland on June 

28, 1954 in South Carolina. Betty was a member of Calvary Christian Church, 

where she served in many capacities. She was a former member of First 

Christian Church of Flushing. Betty graduated from Elizabethton High School in 

Tennessee in 1952. Betty retired from F.W. Woolworth after 21 years of 

service. She was a Girl Scout leader, Cub Scout leader and Sunday school 

teacher. Betty was an avid gardener. She was also a devoted wife, mother and 

grandmother. 





    Surviving are her husband, Clyde Howard Markland of Flushing; three 

children, Debra Markland of New Jersey, Lynn Markland of Durand, and Lisa 

Markland of New Jersey; two granddaughters, Holly George of Flushing and Jayne 

Short of Virginia; two great-granddaughters, Sunny George of Flushing and 

Hailey Smith of Virginia; a sister, Ella Jo Medearis of Tennessee; and many 

nieces and nephews. 





    She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and two sisters. 





    Rossell Funeral Home, Inc., Flushing, Mich., 307 E. Main Street, P.O. Box 

161, Flushing, MI 48433 , 810-659-6342, is in charge of the arrangements.



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