Martha Elizabeth "Betty Jo" McMeans age 89 of Florence passed away on Wednesday December 17, 2014. Visitation will be on Saturday, December 27, 2014 from 12:00 P.M. till 2:00 P.M. at Elkins Funeral Home of Florence. Services will follow at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel with Rev. Robert Sparkman officiating. Burial will be at Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens.

Mrs. McMeans was preceded in death by her husband Maurice C. McMeans Sr.; granddaughter, Alice Carol McMeans; and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Cope.

She is survived by her daughter, Martha Jeanette Battcher (James); son, Maurice C. McMeans Jr. (Judy); three grandchildren, James W. Battcher Jr. (Diane), Christopher Carson McMeans (Melissa) and Steven Maurice McMeans, one great-grandchild, Haley; two nieces and two nephews.

Betty Jo graduated high school from Brewers High School in Brewers, KY. She was a member for over 60 years of the First United Methodist Church of Florence as well as her involvement with the Mary Douglass Bender Sunday School Class. She was an accomplished seamstress and worked for many years at Rogers Department Store in the alterations department.

Pallbearers will be grandsons, Jim Battcher, Chris McMeans, Steven McMeans; brother-in-law, Jerry McMeans; and friends, Jimmy Morris and Tim Rutherford.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to Dr. I. Lyman Mitchell Jr. and the First Methodist Church Congregational Care of Florence.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to SCOPE 310, 4129 Helton Dr., Florence, or St. Jude Children''s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, or a charity of your choice.