Bettye Boling Conley Mann

Bettye Boling Conley Mann passed away after a long illness on January 2, 2018.  She was 85. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, January 5, 2018 at 12:00 P.M. at the First United Methodist Church of Brownsville, with Rev. Sammy Tillman officiating.  Burial will follow in the Tabernacle United Methodist Church Cemetery.  A visitation will be held on Friday, January 5, 2018 at the First United Methodist Church from 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.

Bettye was born at her family home “Hillcrest” in Alamo, Tennessee on October 20, 1932 to the late Evelyn Boling and Claude Hansford Conley.

Bettye graduated from Alamo High School.  She attended the University of Memphis, formerly Memphis State University and Rhodes College, formerly Southwestern at Memphis, where she was a member of Chi Omega Sorority.

She spent 63 loving years with her husband, Alsey Austin Mann, whom she married on July 17, 1954.  She was a charter member of the 9th Review Club of Brownsville and a member of The Garden Club.  She attended the First Methodist Church in Brownsville and remained a member of First Christian Church in Alamo, TN.

Bettye was a devoted wife and mother.  Bettye’s quiet dedication to her faith and family were her strength in times of blessings and hardships.  She loved the beauty of Mother Nature, and the hours spent in her garden were evident of that fact, a love she inherited from her Father, as well as her love of animals.  As a young child and teenager, she raised pea fowl, pheasants, white tailed deer and her beloved elk, Lady and Gent.

She was preceded in death by her daughter Betty Conley Mann, her parents Claude Hansford and Evelyn Boling Conley of Alamo, and a sister, Mary Will Conley Black.

She is survived by her husband Alsey Austin Mann; a daughter Mary Evelyn Mann Pafford (Larry) of Alamo, TN; two grandchildren:  Tracy Kail (Jeff) and Kevin Pafford; two brothers:  Columbus Hansford Conley (Norma Betis) and Claude May Conley of Alamo, TN; her dear cousin Craig Bradford Laman (Susanne) of Alamo, TN; and her two special friends:  Michael Rutherford of Brownsville, TN and Jay Walker of Somerville, TN.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that any memorials be made to Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Betsy Thornton, 57 Old Highway 19, Brownsville, TN  38012

A special “Thank You” to all the dedicated caregivers of many years; the staff at Bells Nursing Home and Dr. Clarey Dowling and staff of Brownsville.  Words cannot express our heart felt gratitude for their compassion.

Services are under the direction of the Lea and Simmons Funeral Home.