Whitlock, Betty Murdock

Betty Jane Murdock Whitlock, 77, passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at her home in Hiwassee. She was a member of the Snowville Baptist Church and secretary at Radford Auto Auction.

She was born May 15, 1930, the daughter of the late Oakley C. and Mary Jane Saul Murdock. Survivors include her husband of 60 years on April 26, 2008, Maynard Thomas (Bunk) Whitlock, of Hiwassee; two daughters and sons-in-law, Sue and Jackie Ratcliffe and Karen and David Sale, all of Radford; two sons and daughters-in-law, David and Carol Whitlock and Donald and Arlene Whitlock, all of Hiwassee; ten grandchildren and their spouses, Dana and Chris Dean, of Radford, Lee Ratcliffe, of North Carolina, Mitzi and Danny Young and Kathy and Steve Oliver, all of Hiwassee, Brian and Alison Sale, of Christiansburg, Angie and Craig Meier, of Texas, Matthew and Michelle Sale, of Christiansburg, Amanda Sale, of Texas, Opal Barnett, of Christiansburg, and Andrew Whitlock, of Hiwassee; greatgrandchildren, Tyler and Faith Dean, Aaliyah Ratcliffe, Ashley and Kayla Oliver, Austin and Dillon Young, Haley, Grace, Madelyn and Bree Sale, Loralyn, Riley, Levi and Rody Meier, and Mason Barnett; brother and sister-in-law, William “Bill” and Faye Murdock, of Blacksburg; two sisters and brother-in-law, Catherine and Bud Linkous, of Christiansburg, and Nancy Allen of Mississippi; and several nieces, nephews and special friends.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, January 26, 2008, at the Snowville Baptist Church with the Rev. Neil Wood and Pastor Shake Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the Highland Memory Gardens in Dublin. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, January 25, 2008, at the Mullins Funeral Home. The Whitlock family is in the care of Mullins Funeral Home, Radford. www.mullinsfuneralhome.com