Betty A. Mangum, daughter of the late Henry Ambrose Creasy and Lilah Estelle Easley Creasy was born on July 21, 1931 in Corsicana, Texas and departed this life on August 6, 2016 at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 85.

Mrs. Mangum was a seamstress at Elder’s Manufacturing, a member of the New Bethel General Baptist Church, a member of the Dexter Hospital Auxilary and a resident of Dexter.

On November 16, 1946 she was united in marriage to William “Bill” Mangum in Piggott, Arkansas. Mr. Mangum preceded her in death on January 2, 2009.

She is survived by one son, Michael William Mangum and wife Joanne of Dexter; by three daughters, Judy Ann Froemel of Hayward, Wisconsin, Rose Conner of Dexter and Angela Wood and husband Steven of Bloomfield; by one brother, Bobby Gene Creasy of Centerville, Tennessee; by one sister, Juanita Bewley of Pottsville, Arkansas; by eight grandchildren, twenty-four great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband and parents she was preceded in death by three brothers, John Henry Creasy, Leonard Creasy and James Creasy and by two sisters, Inez Lumley and Rosalee Watkins.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home on Wednesday, August 10, 2016 from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M.

Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter.

Interment will follow in the Hagy Cemetery