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Robert Betsill Obituary
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Robert E. "Cotton" Betsill, Sr., 95, of Foley, AL, formerly of Atlanta, died April 4, 2006. The funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, April 10th, at Crowell Brothers Peachtree Chapel Funeral Home in Norcross, GA. Interment will follow at Westview Cemetery in Atlanta. The family will receive friends Monday from 11:00 a.m. until time of the service at the funeral home. Mr. Betsill, an Atlanta native was born December 19, 1910. He attended Brown High School and Boy's High School in Atlanta. During W.W. II, he served in the Navy as a gunner's mate. After the war, he went to work for the Georgia Railroad where he worked as a Yard Master until his retirement in 1975. He was preceded in death by his wife, Grace Fowler Betsill, brother, Claude Betsill, sister, Elsie Verner and his mother, Florence Betsill and father, Ernest Betsill. He is survived by his son, Robert Betsill, Jr. of Berkeley Lake, GA; daughter, Barbara Dortch of Orange Beach, AL; three granddaughters; two grandsons; and eleven great-grandchildren. Arrangements by Crowell Brothers Peachtree Chapel Funeral Home, 5051 Peachtree Ind. Blvd., Norcross, GA 30092, (770) 448-5757.
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Wendy Fowler
April 8, 2006
Barbara and Robert:
To be a Christian means to know that your father is heaven beginning his everlasting life. After my mom passed last year, I was flipping through some reading material trying to put the words together for the eulogy for Mama's funeral. I found these words:
And joys and tears alike are sent
To give the soul fit nourishment.
As comes to me or cloud or sun,
Father! Your will, not mine be done. -Sarah Flower Adams
I found these words to be most comforting then, and still do.
May You be Blessed, and May Your Times of Sorrow be Few.
james baker
April 8, 2006
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
james baker
April 8, 2006
i work with cotton at the railroad
he was a good railroad man he will be missed
Harold Howell
April 8, 2006
I worked with Cotton for 9 years before his retirement. I learned alot about railroading from him. He will be missed by a lot of railroad men.
Elizabeth Banks
April 8, 2006
Robert, It's Elizabeth "Williams" Banks. I saw today that your Father died. Just wanted to let you know I am thinking of you......Elizabeth
james baker
April 8, 2006
i am sorry about cotton i worked with him at the railroad he was a good railroad man
Bobby Argoe
April 8, 2006
Hi Robert...Sorry to learn of your Dad's passing, but it is a blessing to be able to keep him for such a long time. My Mom reached 95 and I read where Bob Mayfields Mom, who recently passed reached 95 or 96. We're fortunate to have had them for the long time.
charles corley
April 8, 2006
I was raised on Railroad Money $$$. My Daddy retired from the Georgia Road in 1968 when he was 65 and had a new driver's license in his pocket when he died in 1996 at 92. My Daddy and Cotton worked together everyday for a long time. The yard master was the Boss and my Daddy was an engineer. I said the last prayer at my Daddy's grave and i said he Practiced the Golden Rule and he O'beyed the Work Ethic. i didn't know Cotton but i bet he did too.
John Quarles
April 8, 2006
Barbara and Robert, I never met your Dad, but I know he was a wonderful man and he lived a long life. He is in God's hands now and will suffer no more.
May God comfort you and your brother and your whole family during this time of sorrow.
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