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Betty Rae Drumright

Funeral services for Betty Rae Drumright, 94, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 4, 2019 in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.

Mrs. Drumright passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at her home.

She was born May 24, 1924, at Kansas City, Kansas, to Bill Personette and Maye Williams Personette.  She attended Grimmett School.  On February 19, 1936, she was married at Salem, Missouri, to Albert Lewis Drumright, who preceded her in death on October 4, 2001.  Mrs. Drumright enjoyed sewing, gardening, fishing, reading and cooking; she loved spending time with her family, especially her children and grandchildren.

She is survived by eleven children, John Drumright, Joe Drumright and wife, Barbara, Helen Fox and husband, Donald, Donnie Drumright and wife, Mary, Lillian Lunn and husband, Olan, Joyce Burgess and husband, Daniel, Mildred Andrews and husband, Robert, Rhonda Spencer and husband, James, Wilda Gibson and significant other, Glendal Johnson, Catherine Stockton and husband, Larry and Margaret Tackitt and husband, Curtis; one daughter-in-law, Karen Drumright;  and many grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.

Her parents, husband, three sons, Lloyd, David and Clifford Drumright, one daughter, Shirley Kay Drumright, and three daughters-in-law, Helen, Cathy and Mary Drumright, preceded her in death.

Visitation will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., Friday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Burial will be in the Hope’s Rest Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to Hope’s Rest and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Online condolences may be expressed at www.robertsondrago.com.