FLORENCE, S.C. - A funeral service for Betty Jean Custer Critz, will be at 3:00 pm, Thursday, June 12, 2008, in Calvary Baptist Church, with Rev. W. L. Collins and Dr. Keith Harrell officiating. Entombment will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery Mausoleum. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 1:30-2:45 in the church fellowship hall. Memorials may be made to Florence Area Humane Society, 1007 Stockade Drive, Florence, SC 29506 or Calvary Baptist Church, 915 Cherokee Road, Florence, SC 29501. Ms. Critz, 76, of Florence, died Sunday, June 8, 2008, in a local hospital. She was born December 29, 1931, in Roanoke, VA, to the late James Houston and Bernice Krantz Custer. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Joy Sunday School Class, Tutoring Ministry and served as a Sunday School Teacher. She was an Executive Secretary for Marlowe Manufacturing and Florence Health Department, and was a member and officer of Jr. Cosmos Literary Club. She was a dedicated and involved mother and loved her God, children, grandchildren and the beach. Surviving, are: sons, Ronald C. (Patricia) Critz of Martinez, GA and David (Sheila) Critz of Cornelius, NC; daughter, Karen (Braxton) C. Smith, of Raleigh, NC; and grandchildren, Braxton W. Smith, Jr., Cameron G. Smith, R. Corbin Critz, Taylor R. Critz and Carson J. Capps. An online guest register is available on the obituaries page at www.cainfuneralhome.com . Sign the guestbook at AugustaChronicle.com

The Augusta Chronicle-June 11, 2008