A Service to honor the life of Betty Jean Bates Breeland was held at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 in Rose- Neath Mansfield Chapel with Bro. Larry Pridmore and Bro. Joe Waggoner officiating. Her family received friends from 5:00 until 9:00 PM on Monday, September 8, 2014 at Rose- Neath Mansfield Funeral Home. Burial was in Highland Cemetery. Betty Jean was born November 24, 1927, to Louis Reed and Gladys Roberts Bates
and went to be with her Heavenly Father on Saturday, September 6, 2014. She was a devout Christian and taught all of us the way to live by example. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church. BB was a wonderful and
caring mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Her great grands were the light of her life. She always enjoyed attending any events in which her kids participated. She enjoyed her birds, hummers, squirrels, and flowers.