Betty J. Hendricks

Betty J. Hendricks VIRGINIA BEACH - Betty J. Hendricks, 75, passed away Feb. 19, 2009, in Parson's Residence Care Center in Chesapeake. Betty was a lifelong resident of the Tidewater area and lived in Norfolk and Virginia Beach. She was a retired homemaker who also spent years working in legal offices in this area. She was also a tireless volunteer who devoted a large portion of her time to various organizations with special emphasis on St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Betty is survived by four daughters, Patricia Wallace and husband Kevin of Virginia Beach and daughter, Jennifer of London, England, Cheryl Hugo of Virginia Beach and children, Brittany and Blake and grandson, Brayden, Karen R. Smith and husband Tommy of Chesapeake and son, Timmy and Billie Rabel of Kill Devil Hills, N.C., and children, John Jr. and Ronnie of Chesapeake. Also surviving is one sister, Dorothy Fitchett of Norfolk. She is also survived by her former husband, William L. Hendricks of Virginia Beach and her special friends, Delores Ash of Virginia Beach and Ken Moore of Suffolk. Betty also leaves many grieving friends including her "adopted family," the Moores. Betty had many associations that were very dear to her. In early life, she was a Girl Scout and later became the first head drum majorette of the Norview High School Marching Band. Other groups included her sorority, Epsilon Sigma Alpha of which she was a lifetime member and through this group her association with St. Jude became a lifetime journey. Along the way, she found time to serve years as a volunteer for Sentara Leigh in the gift shop, spend more than 35 years with a group of devoted friends in a bridge club, have a short run with another group in a poker club and still have the time and energy to participate with the Kempsville Greens Ladies Golf Association and the traveling golf group known as the F.R.O.G.s. The family expresses their thanks to Dr. Fenderson and his staff, the 5th Floor South nurses at Maryview for their kindness during her stay there, the Bon Secours Hospice Group especially Wanda and Felisha, for the care they provided Betty and to the Parson's Residence Care staff for their care and compassion during her final days. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today in Rosewood - Kellum Funeral Home. A celebration of life will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the funeral home. Burial will follow in Rosewood Memorial Park In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Please share your love and condolences with the family at www.mem.com.