Betty Stoker Taylor, daughter of the late Charles Stoker and Iva Gilbreth Stoker, was born on April 26, 1941 in Clay County, Arkansas, and departed this life on April 21, 2021 at her residence in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 79 years.

Ms. Taylor was in the Naval Reserve for six years. She previously worked for Arvin Automotive in Dexter and she was a former cashier at Save-A-Lot in Dexter, and a former bartender at the Eagle’s in Dexter. She enjoyed working in her flower bed and vegetable garden and working on counted cross stitch.

She is survived by her daughter, Candy Conner of Dexter, Missouri; by her brother Thomas Stoker of Bearden, Arkansas; and by her sister, Margarita Throgmartin of Bloomfield, Missouri.

Other than by her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Mitchell Conner, by two brothers, Roy Stoker and O’Dell Stoker, and by her sister, Dorothy Blunt.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, April 24, 2021 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel on Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.

Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.