Betty Kathryn Branum, daughter of the late Roy Bickford Woods and Elsie Dora Slayton Woods, was born in Bernie, Missouri on October 27, 1932 and departed this life at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri on August 30, 2019 at the age of 86.

She was former owner of Tucker’s Café in Bloomfield, Missouri; former cashier at Woods Supermarket of Bernie and former Dispatcher at Bernie Police Department.  She was a member of Bernie United Methodist Church and a resident of Bernie.

She was united in marriage to John Wesley Branum in Bernie, Missouri on October 15, 1950.  Mr. Branum preceded his wife in death on June 25, 1987.

Survivors include one son, John Branum Jr. & wife Margaret of Albion, Illinois; by three daughters, Tammy Freeman & husband Wayne of Dexter, Missouri, Linda Hill & husband Carl of Dexter, Missouri and Brenda Tilk & husband Dan of Annapolis, Missouri; by nine grandchildren,  Melanie Arehart & husband Andrew, Andrea Ward & husband Mitchell, Michael Branum & wife Marie, Jessica Freeman, Alan Kelsay & wife Kelly, Michelle Mahler & husband Brandon, Jonni Hill, Patrick Tilk & wife Amie and Donovan Tilk & wife Ashleigh; also by other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death other than by her parents and her husband, by one brother, R.B. Woods; by three sisters, Maxine O’Heren, Nadine Harmon and Lorene Williams.

Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, Missouri on Monday, September 2, 2019 from 9:30 A.M. until 10:30 A.M. 

Funeral Services will then be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel at 10:30 A.M. with Rev. Susan Marner-Sides and Rev. Jayne Markin officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery. 

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements.