Betty Jackson, daughter of the late Harry Litzler and Marguerite Ostoff Litzler, was born on May 17, 1932 in Dudley, Missouri and departed this life on October 17, 2015 at Mulberry Manor in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 83.

Mrs. Jackson was a member of the Liberty Hill General Baptist Church in Aid, Missouri where she was the former treasurer and clerk.  She was a former employee of Fram Filter in Dexter, a homemaker, farmer, cake decorator, gardner and belonged to the Aid Extension Club.  Her family was a former Stoddard County Farm Bureau Farm Family of the Year.

On May 26, 1951, she was united in marriage to John D. Jackson in Piggott, Arkansas.   Mr. Jackson survives of the home in Dexter.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, David Jackson and his wife Marilyn of Dudley, Missouri and Steven Jackson and his wife Tammie of Dexter, Missouri; by two daughters, Patricia Vandeven and her husband John from Bloomfield, Missouri and Pam Stuever and her husband Jim of Dexter, Missouri; by one sister, Donnis Gant of Dudley, Missouri; by eight grandchildren, John Isaac Vandeven, Kris Vandeven, Jennifer Hartlein, Erin Brown, Julie Richardson, Stephanie Jackson, Amy Irvin and Michael Irvin; and by nine great-grandchildren.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Ulys Litzler.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. 

Funeral services will follow in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel at 1:00 P.M. with Rev. Lester Clayton officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.

The family requests memorials be made to the Liberty Hill General Baptist Church, 12760 County Road 420, Dexter, Missouri 63841 or Relay for Life of Stoddard County, 106 Farrar Drive, Suite 104, Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63701.