Betty Basham

December 5, 1934 - July 30, 2017

Services for Betty Sullivan Basham, age 82, of Hideaway, are scheduled for 10:30 AM Thursday, August 3, 2017 at the Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home in Lindale with Dr. Jack Cox officiating. Interment will follow in the Lindale City Cemetery. Betty returned to the arms of her Heavenly Father and Savior on July 30, 2017. Born in Dallas on December 5, 1934, to Thomas Roy and Bettie Vardaman Sullivan, Betty was a dedicated and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. A graduate of North Dallas High School in 1951, Betty’s first job was with Magnolia Petroleum Company – home of the red neon Pegasus-where she worked her way up from mailroom to the land department. In 1958, Betty married Ed Basham at First Baptist Church, Dallas. The Basham’s had two children, Mark and Laura. Once her children reached school-age, Betty went to work with her mother at Tom Newman Lithography, then later began a career in human resources at Dallas Power and Light Company, where she worked until retirement in 1991. In 1994, Ed and Betty packed up and moved to Hideaway, Texas, where they enjoyed retirement together for many years. Betty’s family is grateful for the prayerful and supportive believers at the Basham’s church home in Lindale, First United Methodist Church, where Betty was an active member in the choir as a soprano and soloist, continuing a lifelong passion for music and singing. Betty is survived by her husband, Edward Graves Basham, daughter, Laura Basham Marcos and husband Manuel, daughter-in-law, Linda Basham, grandchildren Emily Basham Jackson and husband Winn, Sarah Basham Heinecke and husband Cory, Carter Basham, Madeleine Marcos, and Lauren Basham, great grandchildren, Greer, Caroline, Ford, Griffin, Rowan, and Elizabeth, sister Kayana Sullivan, and numerous other in-laws, uncles, aunts nephews, nieces, cousins, and close family friends who will always remember and never forget their sweet, caring, and compassionate “Janie”, “Betty Jane”, and “MeeMaw”. Betty is preceded in death by her son Mark Edward Basham, and brother Thomas Roy (Tommy) Sullivan II. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:00 PM Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at the Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home in Lindale.