AUGUSTA, GA: Betty Jean Glenn Teer died Sunday at the Medical College of Georgia. She was born April 28, 1937 in Gastonia to Mary Jean Smith Glenn and Henry Franklin Glenn. Betty Jean grew up in Gastonia, then graduated from Gulf Park College in Gulf Port, Mississippi, and received a degree in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she met the love of her life, the late Hubert Otto Teer, Jr. She was a long time resident of Durham and moved to Augusta, GA in 2000 to be near her grandchildren.
Betty Jean was a member of and a contributor to many civic and community organizations, including the Junior League of Durham and Orange Counties, the Debutante Ball Society of Durham, Triangle Hospice, Animal Protection Society of Durham, Meals on Wheels and Delta Delta Delta Sorority. She was a member of Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church where she served as wedding coordinator for many years. In Augusta, she attended bible study at Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church. She enjoyed gardening, attending her grandchildren’s sporting events, and being with her cat, Puss.
Surviving are her children, Robert Glenn Teer of Bowling Green, OH, David Allen Teer of Hope Mills, NC and Caroline Teer Yort and her husband Bennett Atherton Yort of Augusta, GA; grandchildren Kathryn Teer Yort, Mary Glenn Caroline Yort, and Bennett Atherton Yort, Jr. of Augusta; a sister, Martha Glenn Bailey and her husband Larry Bailey of Cary; nephews, Russell Newton Barringer, III, Edward Teer Barringer, Stephen Wright Barringer, and Stephen Glenn Bailey; and a niece, Kimberly Bailey Hueter; and many grand nieces and grand nephews.
A graveside funeral will be held 11:00 Thursday in Maplewood Cemetery with the Rev. Donovan Drake officiating.
The family will receive friends at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Newton Barringer, Jr, 2825 Chelsea Circle. Donations may be made to Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church or a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements are with Hall-Wynne Funeral Service. For on-line Memorials: www.hallwynne.com. Select Obituaries.
Dudley Rose
June 17, 2008 at 12:00 amCaroline,
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Please give my condolences to Robert, David, Bennett and the kids.
Know that your Mom is with your Dad once again and this is just the beginning of their ‘happily ever after’.
May God bless you,
Dudley
Arnold
June 18, 2008 at 12:00 amCaroline, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
David Mackorell
June 21, 2008 at 12:00 amTo the Family of Betty Jean Teer:
My sincere and deepest sympathy to you at this very sad time in your lives. I was born in Gastonia and grew up with your mother. I went all through school with her and to church with her. I remember her as being very witty and a wonderful classmate. May God bless all of you and be with you as you grieve for the loss of your mother. I lost my wife on Oct. 20, 2007.
Most sincerely,
David Mackorell