Bettie Lee Carlson, age 93, of Meadow Bridge, West Virginia, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2022, in Blacksburg, Virginia. She was born December 2, 1929, in Fayette County, West Virginia, to the late Enoch and Iva Gill Cox. She lost her hearing to illness at a young age and eventually was enrolled at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind, graduating in 1947. She continued her education at Gallaudet College (majoring in art, crafts and physical education), where she met David Norman Carlson, and they were married at Springdale, West Virginia on June 20, 1954.
After a brief stint at Bettie's alma mater, they moved to South Dakota, where she taught art at the South Dakota School for the Deaf for 17 years before she and her husband relocated to Maryland in the mid-1970s. Bettie worked as a dorm counselor at the Maryland School for the Deaf before she and her husband retired and returned to South Dakota in the early 1990s. Back in South Dakota, Bettie worked for Communication Service for the Deaf in a few different roles, in addition to managing two different apartment buildings.
She and her husband moved one last time in the early 2010s, returning to her beloved West Virginia, where they spent their remaining years. As an artist, she loved painting landscapes of God's bountiful beauty. She loved cooking, canning, making apple butter, sewing, West Virginia air, and her fur babies (cats), Hannah and Grace. She was an active member of the Church of Christ and worshiped with the Springdale Church of Christ.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, David Carlson, in 2011; four sisters, Hilda Bomar, Almeda McFall, Rena Mitchell, and Wanda Diehl; and a brother, Joel Cox.
She is survived by six sisters, Geneva Vandall, Lena Bragg, Norma Neel, Audra Milhollin, Sharon Marshall, Carla Suggs; and two brothers, Joy Cox and Wayne Cox.
In keeping with her wishes, her body has been cremated and no formal services were held.
(will transfer to family)
After a brief stint at Bettie's alma mater, they moved to South Dakota, where she taught art at the South Dakota School for the Deaf for 17 years before she and her husband relocated to Maryland in the mid-1970s. Bettie worked as a dorm counselor at the Maryland School for the Deaf before she and her husband retired and returned to South Dakota in the early 1990s. Back in South Dakota, Bettie worked for Communication Service for the Deaf in a few different roles, in addition to managing two different apartment buildings.
She and her husband moved one last time in the early 2010s, returning to her beloved West Virginia, where they spent their remaining years. As an artist, she loved painting landscapes of God's bountiful beauty. She loved cooking, canning, making apple butter, sewing, West Virginia air, and her fur babies (cats), Hannah and Grace. She was an active member of the Church of Christ and worshiped with the Springdale Church of Christ.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, David Carlson, in 2011; four sisters, Hilda Bomar, Almeda McFall, Rena Mitchell, and Wanda Diehl; and a brother, Joel Cox.
She is survived by six sisters, Geneva Vandall, Lena Bragg, Norma Neel, Audra Milhollin, Sharon Marshall, Carla Suggs; and two brothers, Joy Cox and Wayne Cox.
In keeping with her wishes, her body has been cremated and no formal services were held.
(will transfer to family)
Bettie Lee Carlson, age 93, of Meadow Bridge, West Virginia, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2022, in Blacksburg, Virginia. She was born December 2, 1929, in Fayette County, West Virginia, to the late Enoch and Iva Gill Cox. She lost her hearing to illness at a young age and eventually was enrolled at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind, graduating in 1947. She continued her education at Gallaudet College (majoring in art, crafts and physical education), where she met David Norman Carlson, and they were married at Springdale, West Virginia on June 20, 1954.
After a brief stint at Bettie's alma mater, they moved to South Dakota, where she taught art at the South Dakota School for the Deaf for 17 years before she and her husband relocated to Maryland in the mid-1970s. Bettie worked as a dorm counselor at the Maryland School for the Deaf before she and her husband retired and returned to South Dakota in the early 1990s. Back in South Dakota, Bettie worked for Communication Service for the Deaf in a few different roles, in addition to managing two different apartment buildings.
She and her husband moved one last time in the early 2010s, returning to her beloved West Virginia, where they spent their remaining years. As an artist, she loved painting landscapes of God's bountiful beauty. She loved cooking, canning, making apple butter, sewing, West Virginia air, and her fur babies (cats), Hannah and Grace. She was an active member of the Church of Christ and worshiped with the Springdale Church of Christ.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, David Carlson, in 2011; four sisters, Hilda Bomar, Almeda McFall, Rena Mitchell, and Wanda Diehl; and a brother, Joel Cox.
She is survived by six sisters, Geneva Vandall, Lena Bragg, Norma Neel, Audra Milhollin, Sharon Marshall, Carla Suggs; and two brothers, Joy Cox and Wayne Cox.
In keeping with her wishes, her body has been cremated and no formal services were held.
(will transfer to family)
After a brief stint at Bettie's alma mater, they moved to South Dakota, where she taught art at the South Dakota School for the Deaf for 17 years before she and her husband relocated to Maryland in the mid-1970s. Bettie worked as a dorm counselor at the Maryland School for the Deaf before she and her husband retired and returned to South Dakota in the early 1990s. Back in South Dakota, Bettie worked for Communication Service for the Deaf in a few different roles, in addition to managing two different apartment buildings.
She and her husband moved one last time in the early 2010s, returning to her beloved West Virginia, where they spent their remaining years. As an artist, she loved painting landscapes of God's bountiful beauty. She loved cooking, canning, making apple butter, sewing, West Virginia air, and her fur babies (cats), Hannah and Grace. She was an active member of the Church of Christ and worshiped with the Springdale Church of Christ.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, David Carlson, in 2011; four sisters, Hilda Bomar, Almeda McFall, Rena Mitchell, and Wanda Diehl; and a brother, Joel Cox.
She is survived by six sisters, Geneva Vandall, Lena Bragg, Norma Neel, Audra Milhollin, Sharon Marshall, Carla Suggs; and two brothers, Joy Cox and Wayne Cox.
In keeping with her wishes, her body has been cremated and no formal services were held.
(will transfer to family)
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