Betty Green

A memorial service celebrating and honoring the life of Betty Doreen Green, 95, of Oklahoma City will be held at a future date in the Westminister Presbyterian Church, Oklahoma City. Services and complete cremation care are under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home, Enid, Oklahoma.

Betty was born on December 11, 1924, to Edgar and Dorothy (Turvey) Page in Birmingham, England, and passed from this life on March 31, 2020 in Enid, Oklahoma. She was reared and educated in Birmingham .During World War II, she met Jack L. Scott, and they were married in 1945 in Birmingham. The couple moved to Oklahoma while Jack completed his architecture and engineering degree, and they resided in Venezuela, South America, for a short time.  Returning to Oklahoma City, the family was active in Penn Avenue Christian Church where Betty sang in the choir. During this time Betty spent hours watching and encouraging her children’s various activities, especially during their time at Harding High School. In 1978, Betty married Joe Green .They enjoyed years together with their children and grandchildren until his death in 1984. Betty then met Jack Abernathy, and considering themselves to be ”permanently engaged,” they participated in an active social life, traveling, and worshipping at Westminster Presbyterian Church.  Betty enjoyed painting and belonged to the Oklahoma City English Society. Those who knew Betty came to understand that it took amazing courage and sense of adventure for her, at such a young age, to leave everything behind to follow her husband to America. She brought with her an incredible “stiff upper lip” and forged ahead no matter the circumstances. She always cared deeply for her family and was generous beyond measure.

Betty was filled with grace and treated everyone that she met with amazing courtesy. She brought joy to so many. During her extended stay in assisted living and nursing care, she made friends with staff, and they loved her. She always had chocolate for them to in some small way brighten their days. When Betty passed from this life, she held in her hand a wooden cross given to her by the Chaplain of the Commons. Her final residence is with our Lord Jesus Christ. The family is deeply grateful to those who cared for Betty during the last years of her life.

She is survived by her son, John L. Scott, and wife, Marsha, of Enid, Oklahoma; her daughter, Dorothy Scott Brown, and husband, Bruce, of Oklahoma City; step daughter, Janette Green Hnatou, and husband, John, of Oklahoma City; and brother-in-law, Harry Rodgers, of Kent, England.  She is also survived by her grandchildren Allyson Scott Gevertz of Atlanta, Georgia, Andrew Scott of Colorado Springs, Lt. Col. Matthew Lindsey of Colorado Springs, and Page Lindsey Hauser of Oklahoma City, and many great grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Westminster Presbyterian Church of Oklahoma City or The Methodist Commons of Enid, Oklahoma with Brown-Cummings Funeral Home serving as custodian of the funds.

Condolences to the family may be made online at WWW.Brown-Cummings.com