Obituary of Betty Jo H. Ervin
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Betty Jo Hefner Poovey Ervin, 86, of Conover, North Carolina, passed away on November 9th, 2015 at Life Care of Banner Elk of natural causes. The funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM, Friday, November 13th at St. Peter�s Lutheran Church in Conover. Pastor Dennis Quackenboss of Mountainside Lutheran Church in Linville will officiate. A gathering of friends will follow the service.
Betty was born in Conover on May 30, 1929. She graduated from Oxford High School and continued her education with an accounting certification at Clevenger Business College in Hickory.
Betty worked as a Bookkeeper for Catawba County Furniture Industries. She enjoyed reading most of all. She read hundreds of books. She loved to embroider and paint scenery. Betty is survived by a daughter, Jann and husband Tom Kip, grandchildren, Matthew Turbeville and Janna Turbeville Hamill of Nashville, Tennessee, stepsons, Christopher Kip and Matthew of Columbia, South Carolina. She was gifted with 3 great grandchildren and 8 step grandchildren. Also surviving are sisters, Helen Bumgarner, Ruthie Laffon, Lucy Johnson and Vivian Sipe and a brother, Keith Hefner.
Betty is preceded in death by her parents Charlie and Alice Hefner, an infant son, Stephen Joel Poovey, son-in-law, Allen Turbeville, sisters, Ruby Spencer, Katie Burris, Aileen Huffman and brother, Charlie Fred Hefner.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be given to St. Peter�s Lutheran Church Sunday School, 6175 St. Peters Church Rd Conover, NC 28613.The family of Betty wishes to thank Pastor Paul Birner, Jim Rector, Pastor Dennis Quackenboss, Austin and Barnes Funeral Home of Boone, and Watauga County Schools.