Betty Ray OBryant

Betty Ray O'Bryant was born on August 12, 1943 in Stephenville, Texas. She grew up in The Corsicana State Orphans Home in Corsicana, Texas. Upon graduation from high school she moved to Ft. Worth to live with her sister and brother-in-law, Bee and Marlin Downey. There she met Jim and spent the next thirty years moving from place to place with a military husband.She was an ovarian cancer survivor for three and one half years. Throughout the last four years of pain and suffering from surgery, chemo therapy, heart and lung problems she never lost her faith in God, Never complained and never once said "Why me". Her strong faith is the glue that held us all together. She was a "Giver" in every sense of the word, never expecting anything in return. Her smile brightened every room she entered.She is preceded in death by her son Jimmy Ray, Her parents Jack and Aline Allen and sister Jackie. She is survived by her husband Jim, daughter and son-in-law Cindy and Randy, the shining light of her life, her grandkids, McKenzie and Connor, her sister and brother-in-law Bee and Marlin Downey, and lots of nieces and nephews.Services entrusted to Charles W. Smith & Sons, Sachse, TX.