Amanda Dowden Betts

Funeral service for Amanda Dowden Betts will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in the chapel of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home with Reverend David Elkins, Billy Shugart and Michael Murray officiating. Interment will follow at Kisatchie Cemetery in Kisatchie, LA. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at Blanchard St. Denis. Mrs. Betts, 88, passed away Saturday, March 20, 2010. She was born April 7, 1921 to the late Willis Steve Dowden and late Belle Rhodes Dowden in Kisatchie, LA. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John Betts and her first husband, Hersal Chance; son, Gerald Reed; and daughter, Gloria V. Fox. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church and a life member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She was a loving wife, mother, sister and grandmother and will be dearly missed by her family and friends. She is survived by her sons, Paul Chance and his wife Linda of Kisatchie and Donald Chance and his wife Donna of Natchitoches; daughter, Vicki Dwyer of Natchitoches; sister, Rozelle Murray of Nacogdoches, TX; seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Those honored to serve as pallbearers include River Sevario, Stephen Dowden, Billy Chance, Earl Gentry, Terry Aubin and Scheryl Murray. Honorary pallbearer will be Bobby Alford.