Bethany Gayle Conover

1971 - 2019

Bethany Gayle (Winkles Sears Huskey) Conover 1-30-71 to 7-31-19 entered the Church Triumphant on July 31. The most loved person, wife, friend, and co-worker to grace this earth. She could be as serious as was necessary to get her point across as she was quick to embrace another in love-and laughter. She had a heart as big as all outdoors, and gave it freely to those who called her a friend. She was proud of all her accomplishments, and most notably, her law degree and admission to the Tennessee Bar. However, that heart was never far from others in need-especially children and young people. She earned her title of Mama Bear, and no one had better mess with her "cubs." She was proud of her "extended family on steroids," and loved each of our children: Jason Huskey and his family, Quinton Huskey and his Christy, Carolyn (Conover) Smith and family, Kimberly (Biberstein) and family, Richard "Ricky" Conover, Jr, fiancé Sherri, Jillian (Conover) Reilly and husband Sam, and her son by birth, Garrett Sears. Among this tangle, she boasted of eight grandchildren scattered across the U. S. Beth's friends and acquaintances span the country, but they are clustered in her home towns-Manchester, TN, Nashville, and New Orleans. A woman of great faith hidden many years by a crust of unfavorable life events, her perseverance was a tribute to her heart. That faith began to blossom after she married Ric in 2015, as evident when stopping in mid-step or mid-sentence, "Can we pray for (whomever?)" Having grown up in the Church of Christ where no musical instruments are used, she found the accompaniment of the piano and organ to increase her attitude of praise. At her passing, she was held by two of the three most important men in her life: her son, Garrett and husband, Ric. The third, her Dad whom she spoke of often and fondly, was there in spirit. A memorial service will be held at St. John's Lutheran Church on Saturday August 17 at 1 o'clock with a celebration time after. In lieu of flowers, please contribute to St. John's Lutheran Church or the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee.