Betty Louise Dewberry Ackerman

| Send Sympathy Card ACKERMAN, Betty Louise Dewberry, 86, a long-time resident of Mechanicsville, passed away with her family at her side at the Autumn Care Rehabilitation Center and was granted her angel wings on Thursday, February 23, 2017. Betty was born on January 6, 1931, on the Dewberry family farm in Hurt, Virginia. She was the eighth of nine children born to Katie Bell Wilkinson and Albert Sidney Dewberry. She was preceded in death by her husband, Maurice Ackerman; parents, Albert Sidney and Katie Bell Wilkinson Dewberry; brothers, Willis "Bill," Claude, Raymond and Earl; sisters, Phyllis, Dorothy "Dot" and Elna Mae "Pat." She is survived by her brother, Sidney Dewberry; daughter, Linda Ackerman Walsh; son, Harold Blake Ackerman; grandchildren, Julie and Kim; and many other loving and devoted family members and friends. Betty was devoted to her family, especially her children and grandchildren, whom she loved very much. Betty previously worked for the University of Maryland Undergraduate Admissions Office, with Hanover County in the County Administrator's Office, and the Law Office of Elmo Cross. Betty was an active member of her community and Cool Spring Baptist Church, Mechanicsville. Her enormous personality, wealth of selflessness and...

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