Mrs. Betty Ann Dry

May 9, 1938 - September 25, 2012

Great Falls Mrs. Betty Ann Watkins Dry, 74, died Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at Hospice and Community Care in Rock Hill. The funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM on Thursday, September 27, 2012, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Rev. Grover Johnson, Rev. Roland Dry, and Rev. Marion Dry officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 2:45 PM on Thursday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in the sanctuary. Mrs. Dry was born May 9, 1938 in Kershaw, SC and was a daughter of the late Chris Watkins and Rose Lee Campbell Watkins. She attended the schools of Great Falls and was retired from J.P. Stevens. Mrs. Dry was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. She is survived by three sons, Keith Dry and wife Brenda of Great Falls , Martin Dry and wife Chris of Charlotte, and Michael Dry and wife Tammy of Fort Lawn; one daughter, Debra Jessee of Heath Springs; nine grandchildren, Jess Jessee and wife Rachel of Lancaster, Sam Jessee of Lancaster, Eric Dry and wife Shana of Lancaster, Chuck Dry of Columbia, Phillip Dry and wife Megan of Great Falls, Zack Dry of Columbia, Candace Dry of Fort Lawn, Tyler Dry of Charllotte, and Ethan Dry of Charlotte; four great-grandchildren, Kadence Jessee, Arabella Dry, Kannon Dry, and Addison Dry; one sister, Emily McKenzie. She was preceded in death by her husband Grady F. Dry. Memorials may be made to Mt. Zion Baptist Church Renovation Fund, 6964 Wateree Rd., Great Falls, SC 29055 or to Home Care & Hospice of Lancaster, 901 W. Meeting St., Ste. 201, Lancaster, SC 29720 Online condolences may be made to the family at www.dantzlerbakerfuneralhome.com.