Betty Jo Hayes Knapp, 92, of Milton, passed away Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, July 23, 2023 at Wallace Funeral Home, Milton by Pastor Steve Hinkle. Burial will be in Forest Memorial Park, Milton. She was born April 15, 1931 in Milton, a daughter of the late Cosper Hayes and her beloved step-father Ormah Jenkins and Claudia Marie Williams Jenkins. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 72 years, Ivan Forest Knapp; sisters, Retha Rowsey, Sylvia Black, Sadie Clagg and Carol “Kay” Smith; and her son-in-law, Ron Davis. She is survived by her daughter, Deborah Kay Davis of Hurricane and her son, Gregory Brent Knapp of San Antonio, TX; grandchildren, Missy Nash, Andrea Davis and her daughter, Emma, Jason and Mayra Davis and their children, Isabela, Lelia, Teige, Trent and Terah. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at the Wallace Funeral Home, Milton. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.timeformemory.com/wallace.
