Elizabeth Betsy Strader

In Loving Memory of

Elizabeth Betsy Strader

Elizabeth Anne (Betsy) Jones Strader, 75 of Pearisburg, VA., (Bane Community) went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Strader was born on March 14, 1937 in Christiansburg and was the daughter of the late Alton Parker Jones and Constance Marie Roberts. Beside her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Harold Douglas Jones and his wife Betty Lou and A.C. Jones and his wife Frances, one nephew, Albert Jones, one niece Robin Jones. She was a long time pianist at the Pleasant Hill Methodist Church at Bane, VA. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Frank Bryan Strader, Jr. of Pearisburg, one son, Frank Bryan Strader, III of Pearisburg, one daughter, Cynthia Parker Strader of Pearisburg, two nephews, Gary Steven Jones and wife Tammy of Warner Robins, GA, Harold Douglas Jones, Jr. and wife Bea of Christiansburg, one niece, Lynn Briel of Williamsburg, and a cousin, Penny Whitbeck and her husband Vern of Wayne, MI. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 2:00 pm at the Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church at Bane, VA with the Rev Amy Bartee officiating. The family will receive friends at the Givens Funeral Home Friday evening from 6 – 8 pm. In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made to the Pleasant Hill Methodist Church, c/o Howard O. Price, 160 Sycamore Tr, Pearisburg, VA 24134.