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Betty Faye Dempsey Crowley, age 87, formerly of Hartsville, SC, went to be with the Lord on March 17, 2020, in Bolivia, NC. She was born in Vans Valley, GA on May 12, 1932, to her parents, James Daniel Dempsey Sr. and Emma Odessa Brooks Dempsey. She attended Thornwell Elementary and Hartsville Senior High School. She received a degree as a Registered Nurse in 1953 from the Medical College of SC in Charleston, SC. She was a long-time member of West Hartsville Baptist Church and the Joy Sunday School Class. Betty worked as a Registered Nurse for over 35 years. She was an operating room nurse in Cheyenne, WY, a private duty nurse in Savannah, GA, and also worked at Byerly Hospital, Sonoco Products Company Medical Department, and retired as the Unit Director East Wing at the Thad E. Saleeby Development Center in Hartsville, SC. Betty was a devoted mother and grandmother. She was a voracious reader and newspaper crossword puzzle solver. She took delight in helping and serving others and will be sorely missed by her family and friends. Betty is survived by her daughter Victoria Crowley McCluskey and her husband Phil of Leland, NC, her three grandsons Major James R. Cook IV and his wife Kimberly of Miami, FL, Phillip McCluskey Jr and his wife Amanda and Brian McCluskey and his wife Heather of Leland, NC, and her five beautiful great-grandchildren Madison, Emma, Katelyn, Meredith, and Micah. She is also survived by her loving sister-in-law Lydia Dempsey and several special nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her husband John B. Crowley and her daughter Kimberlee Crowley Cook, and by her brothers J.D. Dempsey Jr. and Donald Lee Dempsey. The family would like to express our thanks for the wonderful help and care given by the staff of Carillon Assisted Living in Southport, NC, Universal Health Care Brunswick, and Lower Cape Fear LifeCare (Hospice) in Bolivia, NC. If desired, friends may make memorial contributions to the American Diabetes Association P.O. Box 15829 Arlington, VA 22215 or to Lower Cape Fear LifeCare Foundation 1414 Physicians Drive, Wilmington, NC 28401. Due to the current pandemic, a private graveside service will be held at Westview Cemetery in Hartsville, SC. Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home is caring for the family.

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Mrs. Betty Faye Dempsey Crowley

May 12, 1932 - March 17, 2020