Betty L. Tharpe Dofermire, 87, of Front Royal, Virginia, passed away on Sunday, December 31, 2023 at Warren Memorial Hospital in Front Royal.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, January 12 at 1:00 p.m. at Maddox Funeral Home with Pastor Rick Kerfoot officiating. Interment will follow in Panorama Memorial Gardens at Waterlick.

Betty was born April 5, 1936 in Front Royal, Virginia, daughter of the late Edgar Vernon Tharpe and Brentie Robinson Tharpe. She was married to the late Johnny Benjamin Dofermire, Sr.

She worked for Winchester Medical Center as a Licensed Practical Nurse as well as doing In-home Health Care.  She was a former member of Bethel Temple Church of God and a current member of Bethel Assembly of God.

Surviving are three daughters, Debra Morfit and husband David of Front Royal, April Blankenship of Front Royal, and Nancy Rocus and husband Michael of Honey Grove, Texas; son, Johnny Benjamin Dofermire, Jr. and wife Tammy of Toms Brook; one sister, Helen Cook of Front Royal; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Johnny B. Dofermire, Jr., David Morfit, Michael Saduk, Levi Dofermire, Clayton Corder, Wally Martin, Matthew Rocus, and Aaron Dawson.

The family will receive friends on Friday, January 12 one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.