Rose

Funeral services for Betty Williams Rose, 85, of Cookeville will be held Jan. 24 at the Gordonsville Chapel of Bass Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Gordonsville Cemetery.

She passed away Jan. 18 at Hillview Nursing Home in Columbia.

She was born February 25, 1929 in Somerset, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Guy Williams and Gladys Littrell Williams.

She graduated from the University of Tennessee Knoxville in May 1951 with a degree in Home Economics, and immediately began working as the Home Demonstration Agent in Smith County.

On August 22, 1954, she married Jerry Lancaster Rose of Smith County, and he preceded her in death on May 10, 2005. From 1955 to 1960 she taught Home Economics at Gordonsville High School. Mrs. Rose devoted her life to raising four children, providing them with the best education possible, and supporting her husband in his work as president of the Cookeville Production Credit Association.

Mrs. Rose is survived by four children; Cindy Rose Dowell (Steve) of Carthage, Dr. Jerry Lancaster Rose, Jr. (Kari) of Columbia, Tennessee, Rhedona Rose of Columbia, Tennessee, and John Williams Rose (Chelsea) who owns the family Century Farm located near Temperance Hall, in DeKalb County. Mrs. Rose has four grandchildren, Lori Rose Dowell (Omar), of New Orleans, Louisiana, Stanley Greg Dowell of Washington, DC, Joseph Lancaster Rose, of Starksville, Missouri, and Ella Kate Rose of Columbia, Tennessee.

She is survived by three sisters, Mary Williams Bowden (Shelley) of Jamestown, Tennessee, Margaret Williams Tipton (Winston) of Muncie, Indiana, and Jonelda Williams Blalock (Sid) of Knoxville, Tennessee; sister-in-laws, Frances Rose Driver of New Middleton, and Carlene Williams of Jamestown also survive.

Four siblings predeceased Mrs. Rose. They were; Joyce Williams Johnson (Melvin) of Livingston, Mildred Williams Pyle (Del), Sam Williams (Lou Nell), and Jerry Williams (Carlene) all of Jamestown.

In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to: Jerry and Betty Rose Agriculture Scholarship Fund, TTU Box 5047, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505; Tennessee Foundation for AG in the Classroom, PO Box 313 Columbia, Tennessee 38402-0313; FFA Foundation, Box 5034, TTU, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505; First Baptist Church "I Love My Church" fund, 2790 Pulaski Highway, Columbia, Tennessee 38401; Zion Christian Academy Annual Fund, 6901 Old Zion Road, Columbia, Tennessee 38401.

Bass Funeral Home, Gordonsville was in charge of the arrangements