Betts, Rhonda Kathleen Deason 


Funeral services for Rhonda Kathleen Deason Betts, 33, of Longview, 
will be 3 p.m. Thursday, September 14, 2006, in the Welch Funeral 
Home Chapel, with the Rev. Kyle Miller and the Rev. Terry Jackson 
officiating. Burial will follow in Grace Hill Cemetery. Ms. Betts 
died Saturday, September 9, 2006, at a local medical center. Ms. 
Betts was born October 21, 1972, in Longview, to Johnny Deason and 
Vera Blackwell Harrison. She was a certified nursing assistant and 
had worked at Truman Smith Center. She attended The Fellowship Church. 
Survivors include her parents, Vera and Don Harrison of Longview; 
father, Johnny Deason and step-mother, Wanda of Houston; sister and 
brother-in-law, Sheila and Tony Ezernack of Longview; sister, Tracie 
Deason of Longview; daughter, Amanda Henderson of Longview; son, 
Maddox Sullivan of Longview; granddaughter, Erika Murphy of Longview; 
sister, Bethany Deason of Houston; brother, Daniel Deason of Houston; 
sister, Tina Smith of Haltom City; brother, Michael Harrison of Haltom 
City; special uncle, Jackie Blackwell of Longview; and numerous other 
loving family, including her niece, Rachel Ezernack, and nephew, 
Tristan Deason. The family will receive friends at 6 p.m. Wednesday 
evening, September 13, 2006, at the funeral home. An online registry 
may be signed at www.news-journal.com, by clicking on the obituaries 
link.

Published in the Longview News-Journal from 9/12/2006 - 9/13/2006. 

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Betts, Rhonda Kathleen Deason 


Funeral services for Rhonda Kathleen Deason Betts, 33, of Longview, 
will be 3 p.m. Thursday, September 14, 2006, in the Welch Funeral 
Home Chapel, with the Rev. Kyle Miller and the Rev. Terry Jackson 
officiating. Burial will follow in Grace Hill Cemetery. Ms. Betts 
died Saturday, September 9, 2006, at a local medical center. Ms. 
Betts was born October 21, 1972, in Longview, to Johnny Deason and 
Vera Blackwell Harrison. She was a certified nursing assistant and 
had worked at Truman Smith Center. She attended The Fellowship 
Church. Survivors include her parents, Vera and Don Harrison of 
Longview; father, Johnny Deason and step-mother, Wanda of Houston; 
sister and brother-in-law, Sheila and Tony Ezernack of Longview; 
sister, Tracie Deason of Longview; daughter, Amanda Henderson of 
Longview; son, Maddox Sullivan of Longview; granddaughter, Erika 
Murphy of Longview; sister, Bethany Deason of Houston; brother, 
Daniel Deason of Houston; sister, Tina Smith of Haltom City; brother, 
Michael Harrison of Haltom City; special uncle, Jackie Blackwell of 
Longview; and numerous other loving family, including her niece, 
Rachel Ezernack, and nephew, Tristan Deason. The family will receive 
friends at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening, September 13, 2006, at the 
funeral home. An online registry may be signed at www.news-journal.com, 
by clicking on the obituaries link.

Published in the Longview News-Journal from 9/12/2006 - 9/13/2006.