November 6, 1940 ~ January 14, 2025 (age 84)
Obituary
Funeral services for Betty Lou Husband Michelle Clark will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, January 24, 2025 at Eastside United Pentecostal Church in Nacogdoches, Texas with the Rev. Ennis Fuller of Nacogdoches officiating. Burial will be in the Sunset Memorial Park on North Street in Nacogdoches, Texas. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00pm on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at Laird Funeral Home.
She was born November 6, 1940 in San Augustine County to James (Roe) Husband and Minnie Lou Carrell Husband. She attained the age of 84 years.
Survivors are three children: Stephen W. Michelle, Jr., Charlotte Ann Michelle Montes and husband, Gary, and Joey Lee Michelle and wife, Tyana, all of Nacogdoches, Texas. She has nine grandchildren: Gary Lee Montes, Jr. and wife, Lisa, Stephen Montes and wife, Christy, Amanda Nichole Michelle and husband, Michael, Melissa Jean Michelle, Kitrinia Michelle, Gunner Micheli and wife, Cassidy, Chaz Micheli, Blais Micheli, and Tyce Micheli. She is survived also by five very special great granddaughters, Madalynn Michelle Montes, Bella Claire Montes, Zoey Jane Montes, Raegan Paislee Montes and Ella Grace Rodriguez, three great grandsons, Greyson James Rodriguez, Mason Wade Smith and Peyton Schaadt of Nacogdoches, Texas.
Also surviving her are two brothers, Teddy Lee Husband and wife, Sandra of Brazoria, Texas and James Bennis Husband of Chico, California; and several nieces and nephews.
Deceased are her parents, James (Roe) Husband and Minnie Lou Carrell; her first husband and father of her children, Steve William Michelle and her second husband, Joe Clark to cancer in 2006. Her paternal grandparents were Mitchell and Mary Townsend Carrell.
After graduating from High school, she attended Business College, obtained Certificates of Completion in Public Relations from the University of Texas, Advances and Executive Secretarial Training from the firm of Batten, Batten, Hudson and Swab, Inc., Business Managers Association, Texas Association of Office in Nacogdoches and held a Real Estate License for the State of Texas. She was awarded special recognition from Continental Airlines Corporate office for Excellence.
She began her career in business administration working in accounting and personnel, corporate secretary for an agriculture loan company and worked for a law firm as legal secretary. She worked as a financial comptroller. While working for Continental Airlines, she attended school at night and obtained her Real Estate License and practiced real estate in Houston. She retired from business administration in 2002.
Betty was a very loving and caring person, who was always ready to help others in a time of need. She enjoyed helping and doing nice things for people. Many times, when there was a death or neighbor sick, she was always ready to cook and carry them food. She was devoted Christian who loved God and her family. She spent time each morning for a person devotion with God by reading her Bible and praying. She cherished her Bible and spent lots of time reading it. During sleepless nights, she spent many hours praying for her family. Her life was a great example of how much she loved God and her family.
When she was 12 years old, she was baptized and saved at the Gloryland Pentecostal Church.
In 2014, she moved back to Nacogdoches to be near her family and especially her grandbabies. She became an active member of Eastside United Pentecostal Church where Bro. Ennis Fuller is pastor.
She loved to sing and enjoyed southern gospel concerts. She loved to read, cook and travel. Several years ago, during the time that her mother was very sick and in the nursing home, she decided to write a book about her memories of growing up in the country. She had heard it said that each family should have someone to write a book about their immediate family. So she wrote the book titled, “The Horse and Buggy Days.” Her purpose was to leave as many memories as possible to her family, especially the grandchildren. She loved her family with all her heart, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren and they loved her. They really loved to come and visit her, knowing she would always have a good home cooked meal. She loved every minute she was in the kitchen cooking all their favorite foods. She tried to always be there for them when they needed her. She instilled the love of God in each of them. She encouraged them to pray and always know that God loved them and would be there to help them in time of need and trouble. Many times, they would call her and ask her to pray for certain things in their lives and she did. They saw the prayers answered when Grandma Betty prayed. She saw to it that each one of them had a Bible to read and she encouraged them to read and live by it.
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