Alva Cemetery, Woods County, Oklahoma

Family visitation will be Wednesday, November 28, 2018, from 6-7:30 p.m. at Wharton Funeral Chapel.

Funeral services will be Thursday, November 29, 2018, at 2 p.m. at College Hill Church of Christ with Kevin Fields, Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will follow in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Wharton Funeral Chapel. Online condolences may be made at http://www.whartonfuneralchapel.com.

Betty Lea, daughter of Mary Ellen (Richardson) and James Cecil Mariott, was born October 23, 1949, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She passed away November 24, 2018, in Enid, Oklahoma, at the age of 69 years, 1 month and 1 day.

Betty attended Hopeton School and graduated from Alva High School. Following high school she graduated from the beauty academy.

On August 25, 1971, she was united in marriage to Randy Rosco Rhodes at the Church of Christ in Alva, Oklahoma. To their marriage they had three children: Ronnie, Ricky and Brenda.

Betty worked as a beautician in Dacoma. Later she worked at the Alva Bakery. She then worked at Wal-Mart in customer service for 31 years where she retired.

She was a faithful member of the Church of Christ.

Betty was a fun-loving individual who loved crafting, quilting, rock hunting adventures and the outdoors.

She was preceded in death by her parents; granddaughter Chesney Starks; sister Margaret Mosqueda; brother Robert Farren; and a nephew, Michael Mosqueda.

Betty is survived by her loving husband of 47 years; two sons, Ronnie Rhodes, and Ricky Rhodes and wife Cassie; her daughter, Brenda Starks and husband Damien; four grandchildren, Kambri and Ryker Rhodes, Chandler and Channing Starks; four sisters, Donna Rhodes of Alva, Dorothy Clymer of Oklahoma City, Teresa Hammond of Canton, and Rena Waddell of Fairview; a brother, Lawrence Farren, of Cresson, Texas; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the American Heart Association of Oklahoma.

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