Betty Ann Grow

Betty Ann (Hamilton) Grow, 84, of Ardmore, passed away on Monday, January 22, 2024 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Betty was born on August 30, 1939 in Tishomingo, Oklahoma to the late William Lee and Jessie (Davis) Hamilton; she was the youngest of 10 children. Betty graduated from Tishomingo High School and went on to attend Murray State College where she obtained an Associates Degree. She married the love of her life, Jimmie Grow on January 1, 1966 in Gainesville, Texas. They were married for 57 years until his passing on July 30, 2023. Betty was a stewardess for American Flyers and also was an executive secretary for many years in the telephone, automobile and oil/gas industry. She had a love for painting and used her love and talent to teach a painting class at Hobby Lobby. She also hand made all six of her grandchildren ornaments every year for Christmas. Betty had a competitive side to her and enjoyed beating everyone at cards and Yahtzee and watching her beloved OU Sooners play. Those she leaves to cherish her memories are her two daughters, Kelley Miller, Amy McCleskey and husband Greg; grandchildren, Stephen McCleskey and wife Amber, Dillon McCleskey, Kolton Miller, Jace Miller and wife Jamie, Sarah McCleskey, and Cade Miller; great grandchildren, Sadie Mae McCleskey, Stephen Wade McCleskey, and Macy Jo Miller; and the host of friends who will deeply miss her. Betty was preceded in death by her loving husband, Jimmie Grow; parents, William and Jessie Hamilton; 9 siblings, Claude Hamilton, Thelma Hamilton Baugh, Fredo Hamilton, W.L. “Dub” Hamilton, Bernice Hamilton Gay, Jesse Hamilton, Marvin Hamilton, Billie Jean Hamilton and Buford Hamilton. Funeral services to honor and celebrate Betty's life will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, January 29, 2024 at DeArman-Clark Funeral Home Chapel with Stephen McCleskey to officiate. Interment to follow at the Tishomingo Cemetery in Tishomingo, OK. Those serving as pallbearers will be Stephen McCleskey, Dillon McCleskey, Kolton Miller, Jace Miller, Cade Miller and Greg McCleskey. Arrangements were made under the direction of DeArman-Clark Funeral Home in Tishomingo. Friends and family may leave online condolences on our website at www.dearmanfuneralhome.com

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Betty Ann Grow

August 30, 1939 - January 22, 2024