Betty Turney

Betty Turney, 89, of Garfield, Ark. died Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at her daughter's home in Bentonville, Ark. She was born February 17, 1931 in Bentonville, Ark. to Edgar and Ruby Rakes. Betty was a long-time resident of Bentonville but later moved to Fayetteville where she and her husband K. V. Turney operated Wedington Woods Airport. She loved to cook and prepared many lunches for the men that brought their airplanes in for service. She loved flowers and had a greenhouse and raised miniature roses and sold them at the Fayetteville Farmers Market. She also loved floral arranging, gardening, and canning. She and her husband later moved to Garfield, Ark. where she helped her husband with aircraft inspections. She and her husband loved their Schipperke dogs and always took them everywhere even when they traveled in their motor home. She was preceded in death by her husband K. V. Turney; her parents; her son Kenny Moreman; her sister Mildred Gregory; and her brother Joe Rakes. She is survived by her daughter Patty Knaust (Don) of Bentonville, granddaughter Anissa Trowbridge of Bentonville, three great-grandchildren, two nieces and two nephews. Burial will be in Hart Cemetery in Bentonville, Ark. Online condolences can be made at www.stockdalemoody.com.