Funeral Services for Mary “Betty” Lockhart, who passed away December 13, 2022, will be held in the Peck Funeral Home Chapel at 11 AM on Friday, December 16, 2022. Burial will be in City of Hartselle Cemetery. A visitation will be held at the funeral home from 10 AM until service time. Bro. Bobby Ray Halbrooks will officiate.
She was born August 20, 1928, in Morgan County, to H. Leonard Heflin and Yetta Lee Sobokta Heflin.
Betty graduated from Alabama College (now the University of Montevallo), in 1949 she then received an M.S. degree from Alabama A&M University, in 1972 and taught first grade at Crestline Elementary School, 1970-1989. She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Hartselle.
Preceded in death by parents, brother Robert Franklin Heflin and husband John Howard Lockhart.
Survived by daughter Abigail H. Lockhart, Lilburn, Georgia, and sons Timothy J. Lockhart (Anne), Norfolk, Virginia, and Andrew H. Lockhart (Leslie), Huntsville, Alabama. Three grandchildren: Jackson T. Lockhart (McKinley), Bailey H. Lockhart, and Margaret E.G. Lockhart.
Pallbearers will be family and friends.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Hartselle First United Methodist Church Capital Fund.
