Betty (Betsy) Hutcheson joyfully joined Jesus, her savior and best friend, on April 2, 2021.  She was born October 31, 1924, in Long Beach, California to Claude Stokes and Ruth Irene Kessner.  She was dedicated to the Lord as a baby at Angelus Temple in Los Angeles by Aimee Semple McPherson, the famed Pentecostal evangelist.  She spent her youth in Dallas, Texas before moving to Houston in 1948.

Betsy was preceded in death by her husband Samuel W. Hutcheson Sr., sister Joan Hulsert, brother Floyd Stokes and two children by marriage, Samuel W. Hutcheson Jr. and Elizabeth Jensen.  She is survived by her daughter Jeane Lawson of Granbury and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Her life was devoted to the Lord and her family.  She was active in Women's Aglow Fellowship in Houston.  After she and her husband retired to Milam, Betsy helped establish the Aglow chapter in Hemphill.

A dedicated and ferocious prayer warrior, her prayer covering will be sorely missed by her friends and family.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 5, 2021, at 1:00PM in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas 75948.  Burial will follow in the Bethany Memorial Gardens, Hwy 87, Milam, Texas.