Obituaries

BETTY FALLIS

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:44 PM CDT

TUCKER, Ga. — Betty Perry Fallis, of Tucker, Ga., formerly of Arkansas, passed away on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, from complications following surgery.

Mrs. Fallis was born to Greer Perry and Della Croft Perry in Crested Butte, Colo.

She graduated from Capitol Hill High School in Oklahoma City, earned a bachelor’s degree from Arkansas State Teachers College (now the University of Central Arkansas), and obtained a master’s degree in library science from the George Peabody College for Teachers at Vanderbilt University.

Over a career spanning more than four decades, Mrs. Fallis served as librarian/media center coordinator at Dollarway High School in Pine Bluff, Ark., Butterfield Trail Elementary School in Fayetteville, Ark., Richards Junior High School in Columbus, Ga., Norcross (Georgia) Elementary School, and Beaver Ridge Elementary School in Norcross. She also served for one year as an instructor of library science at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Mrs. Fallis was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma National Teachers’ Sorority for more than 30 years, and most recently as a member of the Alpha Rho Chapter.

She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Charles Lynn Fallis of Tucker; her son, Charles Perry Fallis (partner, Robert Stephen Matthews) of Atlanta; and her beloved little dog, Felix.

Services will be held on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 2 p.m. at Roller-Crouch Chapel in Batesville, Ark., officiated by Rev. Jim Brooks.

A viewing for family and friends will be held on Friday, Oct. 30, from 6-9 p.m. at the funeral home.

Burial will follow at Charlotte Cemetery by Roller-Crouch Funeral Home.

Online guestbook: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com.

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