Elizabeth (Bettye) Anne Havlik Herndon

Funeral service for Bettye A. Herndon will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, August 29, 2016 at First Christian Church, Lawton with Rev. Arnold Nelson, pastor of First Christian Church, Duncan and Rev. Brandon Johnson, pastor officiating.

Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends from 2:00 P.M. until 4:00 P.M. Sunday, August 28, 2016 at the funeral home.

Bettye A. Herndon, age 93, of Marlow, left this life for her heavenly home on Thursday, August 25, 2016 in Marlow, OK.  Bettye was born November 20, 1922 in Lawton, Oklahoma to Henry J. Havlik and Lillie F. Weathers Havlik.  Bettye grew up in Lawton on the family farm, what is now 4005 W. Gore Blvd. and played on the banks of Wolf Creek.  She graduated from Lawton High School with the class of 1940.  She attended Cameron College, but before graduating, took a job in Washington DC with the State Department.  After Pearl Harbor, she came back to Lawton and worked in the Transportation Department at Fort Sill for four years.  Bettye married Rev. Harold L. Herndon on August 28, 1945 at First Christian Church in Lawton.  Together they served Disciples of Christ churches in Apache, Seiling, Enid, Snyder in Oklahoma and in Kansas, Indiana, California, Wyoming and Louisiana.  Bettye served as a pastor's wife, teacher and organist.  Bettye has been a PEO member for seventy years and at times served as president and organizer.  One of Bettye and Harold's greatest joys was having "Open House" at Christmas.

Survivors include her sons, Richard L. Herndon, Duncan, OK and David L. Herndon and daughter-in-law, Kay, Marlow, OK, three grandchildren; Steven K. Herndon and his wife, Donna, east of Lawton, Jamie D. Holt and her husband Daniel, Dallas, TX, Erin R. Herndon, Colorado Springs, CO., four great grandchildren; Jarrod, Bryson, Owen, Emma Elizabeth and her beloved pet, Rusty.

Bettye was preceded in death by her husband, Harold and her parents, Henry and Lillie.

Memorial contributions may be made First Christian Church, 912 W. Walnut Ave., Duncan, OK  73533.