Betty Tolliver
1941 - 2013
On Monday, May 13, 2013, Betty Lois Riggs Tolliver, 72, our beautiful Mother, of Smith Branch Road, Greenup, Kentucky, passed from this life and onto the next at her home.
Mrs. Tolliver was born January 12, 1941 in Greenup, Kentucky a daughter of the late Lowell and Orca Gillum Riggs.
She was a hardworking woman raised in the country. After graduating from McKell High School in 1958 she obtained a job with the FBI in Washington D.C.
Where she worked in the fingerprint department until she married in January 1959 to Willie Litewell Tolliver. She gave birth to 6 children and kept busy raising her children, gardening, raising cane, stripping tobacco and helping her husband build their home.
She believed in God and tried to always be truthful, honest and Christ like in her daily life. She loved art, poetry, books and getting together with her sisters and brothers.
She attended Little Rosa Old Regular Baptist Church in Greenup, Kentucky.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by
Her husband Willie Tolliver
One son Willie Alexander Tolliver
2 sisters Phyllis Sanders
Clara Griffith
2 brothers Ray Riggs
Walter Riggs
2 great grandchildren Summer Nicole Tolliver
Joey Tolliver
She is survived by
4 sons
Mitchell (Michele) Tolliver Smith Branch, Greenup, KY
Chris Tolliver Flatwoods, KY
Jason (Melanie) Tolliver Wurtland, KY
Nathan Tolliver Wurtland, KY
1 daughter
Karmen (Chris) Burke Greenup, KY
2 brothers
Stan (Connie) Riggs Russell, KY
James (Penny) Anthony Riggs Wurtland. KY
2 sisters
Glenda Harris Both of
Shirley Riggs Greenup, KY
5 grandchildren who she was very proud of
Sara Tolliver Justin Tolliver
Josie Tolliver Jeremy Nichols
William Tolliver
1 sister-in-law
Martha Riggs Smith Branch, Greenup, KY
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 :00 pm Thursday, May 16, 2013 at Reed Funeral Home in Greenup by Bro. Kenneth Martin. Burial will be in the Tolliver Family Cemetery, Greenup, Kentucky.
Visitation will be Wednesday from 6:00 - 9:00 pm and one hour before the service on Thursday at the funeral home.
Condolences may be made at www.reedfuneralhome.us
