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Betty Munford Obituary



Betty Jane Munford, wife of former World's Championship Horse Show Manager Bill Munford, died Wednesday, December 22,2004 at the age of 73. Daughter of the late John Owsley Durham Sr. and Mattie Mudd Durham, Betty was born July 3,1931 in Taylor County, Kentucky.

She professed faith in Christ and was a member of Bethel First Presbyterian Church. She was a graduate of Campbellsville High School and Campbellsville Junior College where she was a cheerleader. She was a member of the Greensburg American Legion Auxiliary for many years.

She united in marriage to William M. Munford Jr. July 29,1955. Besides her husband, she is survived by one son and two daughters: David Lynn Munford of Campbellsville, Debbie Jo Scott of Fayetteville, North Carolina and Jane Miller Smith and her husband Sam of Campbellsville; two granddaughters: beth Scott of Harrisonburg, Virginia and Sami Jo Smith of Campbellsville; three step-grandchildren: Jackie Smith, Andrea Smith and Thomas Smith of Campbellsville; three sisters: Carolyn Wehington and her husband William Allen of Campbellsville, Barbara Jean King of Lexington and Joanne Trinkle of San Antonio, Texas; several nieces and nephews, many other relatives and friends.

She was also preceded in death by two brothers and one sister: James O. Durham Jr., William D. "Bill" Durham and Lucy Shuffett.

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