Betty Gable

Tupelo- Betty Jo Gable, 70, died Saturday, September 18, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Tupelo native and longtime resident, she was born February 15, 1940 to Dee Pearson and Addie Bell Garrett Hall. She was a nurse at the North Mississippi Medical Center for more than 30 years. She enjoyed camping, traveling, and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She was a member of Plesant Grove Church of Christ.

Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at The Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues with Steve Smith and Gerald Smith officiating. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery (Black Zion).

Survivors include her children, Dennis Gable (Pam Holley) of Pontotoc, Sandy Brooks (Gene) of Rienzi, and David Gable (Elizabeth) of Belden; two sisters, Dorothy Smith of Jasper, Tex. and Faye Hall of Tupelo; eight grandchildren, Lindsey Harmon (T.J.) of Hatley, Brianna Gable of Pontotoc, Sydney Brooks and Carrey Brooks both of Rienzi, Addison, Connor, Prent, and Maylen Gable, all of Belden; two great-grandchildren, Tucker Harmon and Brady Edlemon and a host of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 33 years, Perlis Gable who died in 1990; one grandson, Luke Austin Brooks; two brothers, Marion Bonner (Short) Hall and Dee Pearson (Sonny) Hall, Jr.

Pallbearers will be Lee Duncan Jr., Todd Jordan, David Jordan, Vince Haygood, Rex Haygood, Joe Young, T.J. Harmon

Honorary Pallbearers will be John Brooks Belue and Kevon Brooks.

Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Pine Vale Children's Home, 1872 CR 700 Corinth, MS 38834 or the American Cancer Society, 1800 West Main, Box 1, Tupelo MS 38801.