Betty Louise Westcott, 85, of Wildwood, died Friday, July 15, 2016, at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Beaumont. She was born on July 29, 1930, in Tulia, Texas, to Denye A. Hughes Sowell and Lyles M. Sowell.
Survivors include her daughters, Elaine Ferguson of Bridge City and Marsha Deaton and her husband, Michael, of Albuquerque, New Mexico; son, John E. Westcott of Plano; seven grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and brother, Howard Lyles Sowell and his wife, Tana, of Old Hickory, Tennessee.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Lyles and Denye Sowell; husband, Johnny Westcott; brother, Gordon Sowell; sister, Virginia Holt; and grandson, Steven Grant.
A gathering of Mrs. Westcott’s family and friends will begin at 11:00 a.m., with her funeral service to follow at 12:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at Wildwood Village Mills United Methodist Church, 5934 FM 3063, Village Mills. Her interment will follow at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont.
Memorial contributions may be made to Meals on Wheels, 4590 Concord Road, Beaumont, Texas, 77703.
