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Betty Jean Spaulding, 82

Betty Jean Pack Spaulding entered into eternal life and the presence of her Savior, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. She was born May 31, 1930, to Lindsey Thomas Pack and Fannie Ball Pack in Kenova, West Virginia.

Betty, a resident of Wheelersburg, was a beloved and loving mother, grandmother and friend. She was a telephone operator for Michigan Bell and she retired from Portsmouth City Schools as a bus driver. She enjoyed flower arranging and attended Bill Hixson School of Design. She was a member of Cedar Street Church of Christ in Christian Union of New Boston.

She is survived by three daughters: Sharon and husband Gary Heimbach of Wheelersburg, Diana Spaulding of Portsmouth, and Betty and husband John Kramer of Charlotte, North Carolina; four grandchildren: Rev. Gary Heimbach II and wife Rae of Wheelersburg, Andrew Heimbach and wife Amy of Wheelersburg, Maggie Kramer and Nicole Kramer of Charlotte, North Carolina; and five great-grandchildren: Hannah Heimbach, Abraham Heimbach, Elizabeth Heimbach, Lyndsay Heimbach and Cooper Heimbach all of Wheelersburg. Also surviving are three brothers, Cletus Pack of Wheelersburg, Bert Pack and wife Sue of Rock Springs, Georgia, Ron Pack and wife Betty of Wheelersburg, and one sister, Linda Pack of Wheelersburg.

Betty was preceded in death by her husband, John Spaulding, on Oct. 14, 2002, and by brothers Thomas Pack, Lindsey Pack, Howard Pack , William Pack, Fleary Pack and sisters Lois Gossett, Eunice Secrest and Florence Cooper.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, at the Swick-Bussa-Chamberlin Funeral Home in Wheelersburg, with Rev. Gary Heimbach II officiating, with burial at Memorial Burial Park. Friends may call Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to the services.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Cedar Street Church. Online condolences may be made to www.swickbussachamberlin.com.

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:50-54, 57