Obituary – Betty J. Faulkner – Sesser

SESSER — Betty J. Faulkner. 88, died Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Mrs. Faulkner was an office clerk for Southwestern Bell.

She was a member of First Baptist Church in Sesser, C.W.A. union, the garden club and Business and Professional Women.

She was born Jan. 21, 1926, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to Joseph Thomas and Pearlie Mae (Angline) Jestice. She married Eugene “Gene” Faulkner, and he preceded her in death Jan. 12, 2014.

Survivors include her children, Carol Atchison of Benton and Joe David Faulkner and Robert E. Faulkner, both of Tulsa; and grandchildren, Gena Atchison, Andrew Atchison, Melinda Faulkner, Kyle Faulkner, Zac Faulkner, Jason Faulkner, Logan Atchison, Carly Atchison and Thomas Atchison.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; one son as a baby, Thomas Faulkner; two sisters, Norine Behan and Myrtle Forrest; and brother, James Jestice.

Funeral services will be private. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, at Brayfield-Gilbert Funeral Home in Sesser.

For more information, visit gilbertfuneralhomes.com.

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