Betty J. Dicus Poole

Betty J. Dicus Poole, 84, of Paris, Texas, died Sunday, May 12, 2013 at her residence. Starrett Funeral Home will conduct funeral services at 2 p.m. Saturday May 18, 2013 at First United Methodist Church, 322 Lamar Avenue, Paris, Texas 75460, with Rev. Van Lazaroff and Rev. Ed Dodd officiating. Betty will lie in repose at the church from 11 a.m. until service time, where the family will receive friends until 12:30 p.m. Betty was born September 1, 1928, the only child of Alexander Clay and Lonie McDougal Graves. She was a graduate of Paris High School and Paris Junior College. She was retired from Texas Instruments in Richardson, Texas, where she met her husband Edmund (Eddie) Poole, whom she married on January 10, 1964. She is survived by her husband; a son, Chuck Dicus and wife Cathy, of Little Rock; three grandsons, Jonathan Dicus, Charles Dicus, and Neal Dicus; and numerous cousins, other relatives and friends. The family requests memorial contributions to the Downtown Food Pantry, c/o First United Methodist Church 322 Lamar Avenue, Paris, Texas 75460. Friends may register in Betty's Book of Memories at www.starrettfunerals.com.