Betty Wilbanks

Fair Play – Betty Richardson Herring Wilbanks, 89, wife of the late CL Wilbanks, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Monday, December 28th, 2020 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital.

 

Betty was born in Fair Play and was the daughter of the late Wilmer Robert and Maggie Annie Grant Richardson. She retired from Fair Play Manufacturing as a Quality Inspector, and was a member of Beaverdam Baptist Church. She loved baking, gardening, enjoyed attending Gospel singings, and traveling.

 

Betty is survived by her children, Marcus Dale Herring (JoAnne) of Fair Play, Vickie Herring Burns of Fair Play; step children, Charles Wilbanks, Pamela Boggs (Larry), Celeste Wilbanks; brothers, Joe Richardson of Oxford, GA, Gary Richardson of West Columbia, SC, Ted Richardson of Fair Play; sister, Violet “Tennie” Tollison of Fair Play; four grandchildren, Jamey Burns, Cody Herring, Kayla Burns Underwood (Morgan), Laurie Carroll (Jeff); three great-grandchildren, Reece Carroll, Hunter King, Mason Underwood; eleven step grandchildren; and sixteen step great-grandchildren.

 

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her first husband, Garland Herring and second husband, CL Wilbanks; brother, Robert Ray “little Ray” Richardson;

grandson, Mark Herring; and a step son, Roy Wilbanks.

 

 

A funeral service will be held 2:00 pm, Saturday, January 2nd, 2021 at Beaverdam Baptist Church, with burial to follow at Beaverdam Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00-1:45 pm prior to the service, at Beaverdam Baptist Church.

 

The family is at the home of Dale and JoAnne Herring, 180 Shore Drive, Fair Play, SC 29643. Flowers are accepted. A message of condolence may be written to the family by visiting www.sandiferfuneralhome.com.