Betty M. Garrison, 81

KITTS HUMMOCK - Betty M. Garrison of Kitts Hummock passed away Friday, Oct. 26, 2007, in her home with family. She was 81.

She was born on Oct. 18, 1926, in Dover, to the late Solomon and Maude Wright Scotton Melvin.

Mrs. Garrison attended Beauticians School at age 16 and owned her own beauty salon in Dover for 20 years.

She also owned an antique shop in Kitts Hummock.

Mrs. Garrison enjoyed antiques, crafts, sewing, restoring antique dolls and word search books.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Norris B. Garrison Jr.; four brothers, Crawford S. Melvin, James L. Melvin, Willard S. Melvin, and Leslie M. Scotton; and two sisters, Gertrude Scotton, and Mable Hartnett.

She is survived by a son and his wife, Norris B. and Catherine Garrison III of Lancaster, Pa.; a daughter and her husband, Suzanne G. and Jim Mariani of Kitts Hummock; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Remembrance services will be 1 p.m. Thursday in Trader Funeral Home in Dover, where friends may call two hours prior.

Burial will be at the Sharon Hill Memorial Park, Dover.

The family requests that memorial contributions be given to the Little Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Little Creek.