Betty Jo Bailiff

92 year old Betty Jo Bailiff of Smithville passed away Monday at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church. The funeral will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. John Carpenter will officiate and burial will be in DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5-8 p.m. and Thursday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at 2 p.m. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Riley and Hattie Mae Mullican Love; her husband, Carl Ray Bailiff; brothers, Danny, Alton Parker, William Jennings, Tommy, Van, Robert Taylor, Woodrow Wilson, Cordell Hull, and Sherman Love; and sisters, Hattie Mae Evin, Margaret Launer Davis, Jewell Cantrell, and Ollie Bond. Survivors include two daughters, Kathryn and David Lewis of Knoxville and Janis and Merle Cannon of Nashville. One son, Wendell and Sandy Bailiff of Smithville. Cherished granddaughter, Carley Rae Bailiff of Smithville. Sister, Katie Lawhorn of Sterling Heights, Michigan. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in her memory to the First United Methodist Church or to the Lighthouse Christian Camp.