Betty Lee McCarty, 85, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 6:10 am, Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at Miller’s Merry Manor East in Wabash. She was born September 29, 1933 in Hager Hill, Kentucky to James Edward and Hannah (Baldwin) Hitchcock.
Betty married Eligah B. McCarty in Paintsville, Kentucky on February 4, 1956; he died December 17, 2006. She was a homemaker and enjoyed reading, sewing, quilt making, and crocheting.
She is survived by four children, Larry McCarty, Terry (Lori) McCarty, and Diana (John) Fields, all of Wabash, and Cathy (Bill) Dillon of Lagro, Indiana; seven grandchildren, Angela McCarty, Matthew McCarty, Steven (Amanda) McCarty, and Acacia (James) Watson, all of Wabash, Amanda (Josh) Napier of Akron, Indiana, Sarah (Dave) Matthews of Marion, Indiana, and Christopher (Carrie) Arnett of Indianapolis, Indiana; 12 great grandchildren, sister, Jean (David) Spears of Urbana, Ohio, and brother-in-law, Richard (Elizabeth) McCarty of Wabash. She was also preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Freddie and Willie Hitchcock, her sister, Bethel Blair, and her great grandson Isaac Paul Grumpp.
Funeral services will be 10:30 am Saturday, March 16, 2019 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Pastor Tim Prater officiating. Burial will be in Falls Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 3-7 pm Friday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Animal Shelter of Wabash County.
The memorial guest book for Betty may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.