Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries

Freestone County Times
Tuesday June 9, 2009


Betty Ann (Gehrels) Clary

Funeral services for Mrs.Betty Ann Clary, 76, was held on Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 
at 2:00 p.m. at Grace Tabernacle Church in Dew. Bro. Bo Davis officiated. 
Interment followed the services at Dew Cemetery.

Visitation will be held on Monday with the family present from 6:00 pm until 
8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. 

Mrs. Clary passed away on Sunday, June 7, 2009, at East Texas Medical Center in 
Fairfield. She was born and raised in Freestone County in the Burleson Hill 
Community and married John David Clary on May 3, 1947. She lived in the Houston 
area with her husband for some thirty years before returning to Burleson Hill in 
1983.  Mrs. Clary loved to garden, grow flowers, and travel, especially the 
numerous trips she took to Colorado. She was a very dedicated homemaker, mother, and grandmother and
spent much of her life caring for sick and elderly family members.

Mrs. Clary was a member of Grace Tabernacle Church in Dew and was very active
in the Prayer Line Ministry, spending many hours calling other church members 
with prayer requests. 

She is survived by her husband of over sixty-two years, John David Clary of 
Burleson Hill; two sons, Kerry Wayne Clary & wife Donna of Deer Park and Melvin 
Ray Clary & wife Beverly of Cypress; five grandchildren, Jeff Clary & wife Dana, 
Stephanie Rider & husband Mike, Laura Cargill, Robin Victorian & husband Terry, 
and Jennifer Baker & husband Brian; eleven greatgrandchildren; one sister,
Dott DeBorde of San Antonio; numerous other relatives and friends.

Mrs. Clary was preceded in death by two brothers, William Gehrels and Wilbert
(Opossum) Gehrels.

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Fairfield Recorder newspaper
June 11, 2009



Betty Ann (Gehrels) Clary

Funeral services were held Tuesday for Betty Clary, 76, of Burleson Hill who 
died Sunday, June 7, at Fairfield's East Texas Medical Center.

Mrs. Clary was born in Freestone County's Burleson Hill Community.

She married John David Clary on May 3, 1947 and the couple later moved to 
Houston where they would live for 30 years before retiring to Burleson Hill in 
1983.

She was an avid gardener who loved flowers and also enjoyed traveling, 
especially to Colorado.

Mrs. Clary was also a member of Grace Tabernacle Church in Dew where she was 
active in the church's Prayer Line Ministry.

Services were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9, at Grace Tabernacle Church with 
Bo Davis officiating.

Interment followed at Dew Cemetery.

Mrs. Clary is survived by her husband of over 62 years, John David Clary of 
Burleson Hill; sons, Kerry Wayne Clary and wife Donna of Deer Park, and Melvin 
Ray Clary and wife Beverly of Cypress; five grandchildren, Jeff Clary and wife 
Dana, Stephanie Rider and husband Mike, Laura Cargill, Robin Victorian and 
husband Terry, and Jennifer Baker and husband Brian; 11 great-grandchildren; and 
sister, Dott DeBorde of San Antonio.

She was preceded in death by her brothers, William Gehrels and Wilbert (Opossum) 
Gehrels.

Funeral arrangements were made under the direction of Bowers Funeral Home in 
Teague.