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MERI ANN BEETS

Meri Ann Beets, 52, of Clinton passed away suddenly on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, at UT Medical Center. Meri was loved and will be greatly missed; she had an immense love for animals and was always a jokester. 

She was preceded in death by grandparents Jessie Waldo Thomas, Irene Scott and Doug Thomas, as well as father-in-law J.D. Beets.

Meri is survived by her husband, James Beets; sons, Stephen and Austin Betterton, and Chris Darling; mother, Joyce Stewart and husband Rick; mother-in-law, Sue Beets; sisters in law, Susan Bentley and husband Donnie, and Cynthia Beets Barriera and fiancé Trent Hutchison; brother, John Pratt; aunt, Kathy Thomas; uncle, Gary Thomas and wife Debbie; ex-husband, Steve Betterton; very special friends, Sherry Haden-Buntin and Ted Killen; and several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, from 5-7 p.m., with a funeral to follow at 7 p.m.

Interment will be at Sinking Springs United Methodist Church cemetery on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, at 11 a.m., with Jim McNeal officiating.

Holley-Gamble Funeral Home is honored to serve Meri’s family.

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