Obituary of Betty Conner Currey

Betty Jane Langdon Conner Currey Betty has spent her life loving people for 89 years. After college at Millsaps in Jackson, MS she served as Secretary of Capitol Street United Methodist Church until she married The Rev. James Conner. Then she served Jesus as a Pastor’s wife and mother of four children: David Conner of Denver, CO, Tommy Conner of Hattiesburg, MS, John Syd Conner of Hattiesburg, MS, and Beth Conner Nicholson of Prattville, AL. When James passed away, she moved into her own home in Gautier, MS, where her mother and father, Leon and Wilma Langdon, and her sister and brother-in-law, Linda and Franz Posey lived, bringing the Langdon family back together again. During this time she served as Church Secretary for Gautier United Methodist Church. When her parents died she moved to the Seashore Manor Methodist Retirement Condo in Biloxi, MS and lived there for a short two years. After a bout with cancer, she moved to Prattville, AL to live with her daughter and son-in-law Beth and Joe Nicholson and her grandchildren John, Mike and Bonnie. While there, Betty married a widowed Methodist minister from Mississippi, George Currey. His children became hers, Angie Irvin of Pensacola, FL, Camille Irvin of Dallas, TX, and Todd Currey of Irmo, SC. She moved to Pensacola, FL with George. They served at Lathrum Chapel UMC in Cantoment, FL for two and a half years, and were active in First United Methodist Church of Pensacola. After Hurricane Ivan, they moved to the Anniston area of Alabama, and lived there 11 years. Six weeks ago, when George and Betty moved to Cara Vita Retirement Village in Montgomery, AL, she subsequently discovered her illness. She was in Baptist Hospital of Prattville where she passed away pain free and peacefully under hospice care. She leaves behind her husband George Currey; sisters in law Francis Schaffer, Cindy Launhardt and Glenda Currey; brothers in law Ralph Bartsch and Franz Posey; children David Conner, Syd Conner, Tommy Conner, Beth Nicholson, Angie Irvin, Camille Irvin, and Todd Currey; grandchildren Becky Anderson, James Conner, Cathy Conner, Jennifer Coursey, Nicholas Conner, Bladon Conner, Brooke Conner, John Nicholson, Mike Nicholson, Bonnie Nicholson, Allison Godwin, Elizabeth Boyd, Caroline Irvin, Pace Irvin, Russell Currey, Olivia Currey, and Emily Currey; many nieces and nephews; and 10 great-grandchildren. The funeral service will be held at the Usrey Funeral Home in Talladega, AL, on Saturday, April 23rd, visitation will be at 10:00 am and the service will be at 11:00 am. On Friday, April 29th, there will be a visitation at 10:00 am and a service at 11:00 am at First United Methodist Church; Gautier, MS followed by interment at Evergreen Cemetery in Ocean Springs, MS.