Betty Jenkins Lamb, age 82, of Mirimar Beach, Florida, passed away Sunday, May 17, 2015, at Abbey Hospice, in Social Circle, GA. Daughter of the late Ed and Marie Dire, she was raised in Conyers, GA, and had a successful 30-year career in real estate while earning multiple sales awards throughout her career. Betty was known as the "fiery red-head agent" with a passion for real estate and service excellence. She was a longtime resident of the Gulf Pines community, in Miramar Beach, FL, and was an active member of The Gathering Church, in Miramar Beach. She loved spending time with her family, playing cards, socializing with her friends in Gulf Pines at the Taj Mahal, watching TV and taking golf cart rides with her companion dog, Lamb Chop. Betty was loved and will be greatly missed by her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Gene Criswell and her beloved, Walt Lamb; granddaughter, Nicole Herring; her parents; and her brother, Melvin Collins.
Survivors include her children and their spouses, Ron and Kathryn Jenkins, Donna and Rip Malcom, Leanne and Jody Porter; grandchildren and their spouses, Justin and Ivy Simpson, Courtney Black, Kinsley and Steven Boyett, Jay Jenkins, Kathryn Keily, Kathryn Porter, Morgan and Andrew Wheeler, Danielle and Eric Whitworth; great-grandchildren, Coltin Simpson, Brody Boyett, Hunter Boyett, Liam Wheeler; sisters and brother-in-law, Ann and Ted Rogers, Dixie Weaver; brothers and sister-in-law, Bernard Collins, Harold and Linda Dire; as well as several nieces and nephews.
A Cryptside Service will be held Thursday, May 21, 2015, 11:00 AM, at Memory Chapel Mausoleum, in Lawnwood Memorial Park, 1111 Access Road, in Covington, GA, with Ted Rogers and Glenn Dire officiating. The family will receive friends Thursday, at the mausoleum, one hour prior to her service, from 10:00 – 11:00 AM. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Gathering, c/o Jay Stone, 1126 Prestwick Place, Miramar Beach, FL 32550.
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