Betty Jean Sapp Whaley

Mrs. Betty Jean Sapp Whaley, 69, died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Whaley was born Dec. 19, 1934, in Powhatan, Va., a daughter of the late Charles D. and Dillie Slate Sapp. She graduated from Waverly High School in Virginia and was very active in her church. She was an active language translator at Hall Woodward School, a volunteer for Bradford Village East and West rest homes, delivered meals on wheels, drove a handicap bus for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County schools for 12 years and worked with the Boy Scouts in the 1970s, receiving the Family of the Year Award. She also enjoyed camping, fishing and traveling with her family. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by baby Rebecca Lynn. Surviving are her husband, James Whaley of the home; three sons, James Thomas Whaley, Ronald Wayne (Barbara) Whaley and John Edward (Ann) Whaley; five grandchildren, Ronald James, Christy Lou Ann, John Michael, Heather Marie and Gabriel Nicholas, all of Winston-Salem; four sisters, Ruby Nicol, Judy Stafford and Patsy Litaker, all of Winston-Salem and Janice (John) Marcus of Kernersville; and three brothers, Howard Sapp of Colfax, Leo (Mary) Sapp of Kernersville and Kenneth (Nancy) Sapp of Winston-Salem. A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 2, 2004, at Christ Temple Apostolic Church, by the Rev. Leroy Kelly, the Rev. Ellis Rouse, the Rev. Mike Lane, Minister John Whaley and Dr. Curtis Wood. Burial will follow in Sedge Garden United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today, Jan. 1, 2004, at Hayworth-Miller-Cain Funeral Home in Kernersville. Memorials may be directed to the Building Fund of Christ Temple Apostolic Church, 2935 Cole Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27107.