Visitation will be Friday February 6, 2015 in the atrium of the First United Methodist Church of Florence from Noon till 2:00 P.M. Service will follow in the church sanctuary at 2:00 P.M. with Rev Charles Bolin, Rev Jim Webster and Rev Robert Sparkman officiating. Burial will be at Colbert Memorial Gardens in Tuscumbia.Betty Jean Reding age 84 of Muscle Shoals went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, February 3, 2015.

Mrs. Reding was a graduate of Colbert County High School, A Member of First United Methodist Church of Florence and the Ferguson Sunday School Class. She was a loving Mother and devoted Pastors wife.

She was preceded in death by her parents, John Wesley and Minnie Bell Sharpton. Brother, Billy R. Sharpton. Nephew, Jeff Sharpton.

Betty is survived by her husband of 55 years, Rev. Billy J. Reding. Three sons, Jim Reding (Paula), Steve Reding (Pam) and Barry Reding (Michelle). Grandchildren, Wes Reding (Jennifer), Jessy Reding, April Vaden (Will), Stephanie Reding, Chris Reding, Josh Reding, Bryant Reding, Justin Blanchard and Heath Blanchard. Two great-grandchildren, Tyler and Darby Reding. Sister-in-law, Carolyn Pennington (Ray). Nieces and nephews, Mike Sharpton, Vickie Wenke, Rhonda Hughes and Connie Watkins.

Pallbearers will be her Grandchildren.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to Dr. Lyman Mitchell and Dr. Bryan Cole. Hospice of the Tennessee Valley and Martha Norton for their loving care.