Betty Lou Braly Rynearson Brennand passed away Saturday, June 23, 2018, in Thomasville, GA. Born to Clifford Baily and Orrie Nichols on July 29, 1929 in Athens, Alabama, she moved to Umatilla in 1961. Graduated from Athens College in Alabama with a Bachelors of Science, she received her Masters in Biology from George Peabody College for Teachers in Tennessee. Betty taught several years before moving to Umatilla where she was head of the Science Department at Umatilla High School for 26 years. She taught, Biology, Marine Biology Chemistry, Physics, Human Physiology and Limnology. She was extremely active in her students’ lives and made many trips for a week at a time to the Marine Science Station in Crystal River with them as well as many field trips and survival trips with the Symbiont Club. “Mama R” loved adventures.
Betty was predeceased by husbands Spencer R. Rynearson and Leon (Tommy) Brennand. She is survived by her children: Daisy Clanton Millett of Umatilla, Katrina Clanton Richardson of Monticello, John David (Van) Clanton of Jonesville, NC, and step-daughter Marybeth Brennand (Joseph) Sabourin of Umatilla; grandchildren: Tracy Glochau, Brad Richardson, Katrina Walton, Jonathan Poplin, Jesse Poplin and Levi Shore, great-grandchildren: Robin, Kelley, Spencer & Hannah Richardson, Silas Shore, Luke and Caroline Poplin.
Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 30, 2018 at the Umatilla High School auditorium, with a light lunch and sharing of stories and memories at Umatilla Presbyterian Church afterwards. Byers Funeral Home, in Umatilla, is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Umatilla High School science department at 320 N. Trowell Ave, Umatilla, FL 32784, to the Betty Rynearson Brennand Memorial.
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