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Betty Briggs Callis
Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
December 9, 1934 - November 18, 2024
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Betty Briggs Callis Obituary
CALLIS, Betty Briggs, age 89, of Hermitage, went home to be with the Lord Monday, November 18, 2024, at The Crossing at Clarity Hospice in Baton Rouge, LA. She was born December 9, 1934, in Greenbrier, TN to Ira & Loraine Leftwich Briggs. She was a homemaker and was a member of West End United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Perry L. Callis; daughter, Karen E. Callis Harward; grandson, Joshua R. Callis; 3 brothers, Vernon, Kemp & Bobby Briggs, 3 sisters, Mildred Carr, Edna Kirby, & Faye Adcock. She is survived by son, Tim (Beth) Callis, Mt. Juliet, TN; daughter, Pat (Jackie) Cook, Baton Rouge, LA; son-in-law, Michael (Trisha) Harward, Nicholasville, KY; brothers, Maurice Briggs, White House, TN and Jerry (Norma) Briggs, FL; sisters, Beverly Scurlock, Hendersonville, TN, and Judy Morris, Donelson, TN; 7 grandchildren, Michael (Brandy) and Chris (Kristi) Cook, Joe Callis, Andrew, Nicholas and Cora Harward; 2 great-grandchildren, Blake and Jhett Cook.
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Madison, TN. There will be a Celebration of Life service scheduled at a later date.
Arrangements by Sellars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet, 2229 N. Mt. Juliet Road, Mt. Juliet, TN 37122, 615-758-5459, obituary line 615-758-8818, www.sellarsfuneralservices.com
CALLIS, Betty Briggs, age 89, of Hermitage, went home to be with the Lord Monday, November 18, 2024, at The Crossing at Clarity Hospice in Baton Rouge, LA. She was born December 9, 1934, in Greenbrier, TN to Ira & Loraine Leftwich Briggs. She was a homemaker and was a member of West End United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Perry L. Callis; daughter, Karen E. Callis Harward; grandson, Joshua R. Callis; 3 brothers, Vernon, Kemp & Bobby Briggs, 3 sisters, Mildred Carr, Edna Kirby, & Faye Adcock. She is survived by son, Tim (Beth) Callis, Mt. Juliet, TN; daughter, Pat (Jackie) Cook, Baton Rouge, LA; son-in-law, Michael (Trisha) Harward, Nicholasville, KY; brothers, Maurice Briggs, White House, TN and Jerry (Norma) Briggs, FL; sisters, Beverly Scurlock, Hendersonville, TN, and Judy Morris, Donelson, TN; 7 grandchildren, Michael (Brandy) and Chris (Kristi) Cook, Joe Callis, Andrew, Nicholas and Cora Harward; 2 great-grandchildren, Blake and Jhett Cook.
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Madison, TN. There will be a Celebration of Life service scheduled at a later date.
Arrangements by Sellars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet, 2229 N. Mt. Juliet Road, Mt. Juliet, TN 37122, 615-758-5459, obituary line 615-758-8818, www.sellarsfuneralservices.com
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