Bettye Jo Devers

Bettye Jo Devers obituary, Versailles, KY

Bettye Jo Devers

Bettye Devers Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Blackburn & Ward Funeral Home on Oct. 1, 2025.

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Bettye Jo Adams Devers, 82, of Versailles, Kentucky, passed away at the University of Kentucky Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. Bettye was born November 4,1942 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky to the late Joe and Mattie Lorene Lovings Adams. Bettye retired from Rand McNally of Versailles. She enjoyed bowling and was a member of the Rand McNally Bowling League, and the senior bowling league in Frankfort, Kentucky, she also enjoyed shopping.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Calvin Devers, and brother, Ardie Adam. Bettye is survived by her daughter, Jennifer Adams, Versailles, grandsons, William Joseph Gould, Dustin Adam Gould (KT), great grandchildren, Kash Jackson Gould, and Luke Tyler Gould.
Funeral Services will be conducted at 1:00 pm, Thursday, March 6, 2025 at Blackburn and Ward Funeral Home, Versailles, Kentucky. Visitation will be from 11:00 am until the time of service at 1:00 pm. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens Frankfort, Kentucky. Pallbearers will be Dustin Adam Gould, William Joseph Gould, David Rogers, Wyatt Snapp, and Ethan Curd.
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