Sylvia Irwin Betts

I remember meeting Sylvia for the first time in the Betts family home which I considered my other home and where I spent many wonderful times with Cheryl, Uncle Charlie, and Aunt Eula Lea. When Charles introduced Sylvia, I thought she was a petite doll standing next to tall "brother" Charles. Over the subsequent years, our lives all took different paths until three years ago when I returned for a visit to Austin and was able to reconnect with Charles and Sylvia. It was a visit I will...

Sylvia also had a wonderful dry wit. She and Bill McCulloch (my husband) would often enjoying sparring with each other while Charlie and I enjoyed listening in on our double dates. Their laughter was infectuous.
Sylvia had the gift of discernment, which made her a very effective prayer warrior and gift to all of us.
No doubt the LORD is continuing to enjoy her company.

Sylvia was so beautiful and her art was so unique! My favorite holiday jewelry was Sylvia's Santa face that my mother bought from an art yard sale in Bryker Woods in the 70's. I wear it every Christmas ??. Prayers for her sweet family.
Diana Evans

In 1949 my family moved to #3 Happy Hollow Lane. Across the street lived Sylvia and her family and they moved sometime in the early fifties. Sylvia was a year older than me and at about age 10 or 11, I thought she was the prettiest thing ever. My older brother took she and I to see a Tarzan movie at the Capital Theatre during that time. My most embarrassing moment ever. I got sick and threw up. I could not speak to Sylvia for a long time I was so embarrassed. Years later I ran into her and...