Betty Jo Sandlin Talley, 93 of Friona died Monday July 4, 2016 in Friona. Memorial Services will be held at 11:30 A.M. Friday, July 8, 2016 at Calvary Baptist Church in Friona with Pastor Bobby Broughton, officiating. Arrangements by Blackwell-Mullins Funeral Home of Friona.

Betty Jo was born in Enterprise, Oregon on December 25, 1922 to Nicholas Benjamin and Inez Carter Sandlin. She graduated from Enterprise High School and attended Eastern Oregon College for two years.

She married Joe Talley on October 25, 1942 at her parent's home at Enterprise. They moved to Parmer County, Texas November 1942 and began farming.

She loved to read and gave many book reviews for civic clubs and church groups. She had been a member of the Parmer Medical Center Hospital Auxiliary and delivered meals on wheels for ten years. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School for more than fifty years.

She is preceded in death by her parents, husband and four brothers-Homa, Hubert, Melvin and Gerald.

Survivors include: David Talley and daughter-in-law Marilyn of Albuquerque, N.M., six nephews and 1 niece.