Mrs. Betty Lynn Compton

August 9, 1927 - August 27, 2016

Mrs. Betty Lynn Compton, age 89, of Shelbyville, passed away Saturday, August 27, 2016. Funeral services will be 11 AM Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Brother Jimmy Gray and Brother Ray Armstrong officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. The family will receive visitors 4-8 PM Monday at the funeral home. She was born August 9, 1927, in Milan, Tennessee, to the late Ira Dean and Maude Pugh Ownby. She was the former co-owner of Compton’s Upholstery in Shelbyville and a faithful member of Edgemont Baptist Church. She enjoyed reading,listening to Elvis, and baking her famous rum cakes. She is preceded in death by her husband Cecil Lentz Compton, in 2003, and a son, Jerry Don Nelson, in 2011. She is survived by four children, Gloria (Clyde) Wilcox, of Pelham, Tennessee, Jackie Yoes, of Unionville, Cecil Anthony “Tony” (Brenda) Compton, of Shelbyville, Tolbert Dale (April) Compton, of Shelbyville; nine grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Shelbyville – Bedford County Public Library. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements.