Ms. Bettye Joann Todd, age 78, of McMinnville, TN, passed peacefully while surrounded by family and friends on Saturday, February 03, 2024, at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro, TN. She was born May 10, 1945, in McMinnville, TN, was a retired nurse with Woodbury Medical Center where she was known as “Nurse Good Body”, a member of Friendship The Baptist Church, was an outstanding majorette during her years at Central High School, and was preceded in death by father G.L. “Coon” Barnes, mother Dorothy Alene Raper Barnes, brother Edward Lynn Barnes, and grand-niece Isabella Lee Hunt.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law Rick and Leslie Hayes, boyfriend Donnie Hill, sister Jimmye Lee Poss Richards and husband Bob, brother Ronald Dean “Deimer” Barnes and wife Ann, grandchildren Joe (Becky) Clark and Cora (Johnny) Rains, and great grandchild Deacon Curtis Rains. Very special nieces, nephews, family members, and friends also surviving.
Funeral service will be at 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 07, 2024 in the McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel. Steve Breedlove will officiate. Interment will follow at Mt. View Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, from 10:00 A.M. until time of service at the parlors of McMinnville Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Alive Hospice, 1629 Williams Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37129, or at alivehospice.org
