Betty Fletcher Eppes

Betty Fletcher Eppes, 93, passed away July 10, 2024. She was born on October 7, 1930 to the late Dexter and Trudie Fletcher. Betty was the twelfth of fourteen children. After graduating from Greensboro High School, she moved to Tallahassee and attended secretarial school. She worked in the Attorney General’s office for seventeen years. In 1952 Betty married Nick Eppes and they had three sons: Nick Eppes, Jr., Jeff Eppes and Scott Eppes. While raising their boys, Betty began doing volunteer work. She loved working with plants and flowers, so joined the Tallahassee Garden Club where she served as President of the Club as well as chairman of Hibiscus Garden Circle. Flower arranging was her special interest and she studied that until earning the status of “Master Flower Show Judge”. Betty and Nick were charter members of Killearn Methodist Church, were members of the Ante-Bellum Crew of Springtime Tallahassee and worked with her son’s school activities. After Nick’s retirement, they spent much of their time at their Lake Mystic house and joined the Bristol Methodist Church. Betty was predeceased by her husband of 66 years, Nick Eppes, Sr., on October 13, 2018, her Mother and Dad, brothers: Troy, Curtis, George, Eldridge, Audry and Pat, sisters: Hattie Dean, Agnes Fletcher, Gladys Bowen, Marie Chisholm, Evelyn Jenkins Pickett and Lynell Owen. She is survived by a sister, Sonya Petit and many nieces and nephews whom she loved dearly. She is also survived by three sons and their wives, Nick, Jr. and Becky Eppes, Jeff and Joy Eppes, and Scott and Melanie Eppes. They were blessed with nine grandchildren: Brad Eppes, Nicholas Eppes, III, Christopher Eppes, Lindsey Eppes, Drew Eppes, Megan Eppes Barnes, Candace Eppes Markowitz, Patrick Eppes and Daniel Eppes and fourteen great grandchildren. Visitation will be from 2-3 p.m. Monday, July 15 with the Funeral service to immediately follow at Bevis Funeral Home Chapel on John Knox Road. Burial will follow at Oakland Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Bristol Methodist Church, P. O. Box 219 Bristol, FL 32321 or the Alzheimer’s Project 301 E. Tharpe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32303. Rocky Bevis and Todd Wahlquist are assisting the Eppes family with their arrangements (850-385-2193, www.bevisfh.com).

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Betty Fletcher Eppes

October 7, 1930 - July 10, 2024