Betty Sue Hamby

Betty Sue Hamby (nee Patton), 87, of Alexandria, KY, passed away Sunday, November 20, 2016 at the Cold Spring Transitional Care Center in Cold Spring, KY. Mrs. Hamby was born August, 21, 1929 in Paintsville, KY, the daughter of the late Thomas Dewey and the late Carrie Ethel (nee Collins) Patton. Mrs. Hamby, who had an outstanding scholastic record all through school, was graduated from Paintsville Elementary School, Ashland Junior High School, and Ashland Senior High School as valedictorian. She also graduated from Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, TN magna cum laude. She was a member of Zeta Chapter of Phi Delta Lambda honor society of Nazarene colleges. She went on to be a school teacher and taught at Bell County Schools, Spencer High School in Spencer, WV and Campbell County Schools in KY for 35 years. Mrs. Hamby retired in 1990 and continued to substitute teach until age 80. She was a member of the Campbell County Retired Teachers Association and the Kentucky Retired Teachers Association.  She was an ordained minister and member of Carthage Church of the Nazarene, California, KY. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Reverend John K. Hamby, and two brothers, Charles Frances Patton and Dewey Martin Patton. Mrs. Hamby is survived by two daughters, Johndalyn Sue (Richard) Dwyer and Jennifer Lynne (Reverend Ricky) Curry; two sisters, Mary Evelyn (Ken) McCormick and Joy Christine Franz; one brother, Harold Thomas Patton; three grandsons, Reverend Johnathan Curtis Curry, John Richard Dwyer and Patrick Dale Curry; two great granddaughters, Harbor Joel Curry and Elm Elisha Curry. Visitation 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM Friday, November 25, 2016 at the Alexandria Funeral Home, 325 Washington St, Alexandria, KY 41001. A second visitation will be held on Saturday November 26 at the Carthage Church of the Nazarene, 9535 Washington Trace Road, California, KY 41007 from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM with the funeral service immediately following at 11:00 AM. Interment will be in the Mount Gilead Cemetery, Carthage, KY.  Memorials suggested to Carthage Church of the Nazarene, 9535 Washington Trace Road, California, KY 41007 or to Legacy House, P.O. BOX 13344, Pensacola, FL 32591.