Betty was born Dec. 20, 1919 to Harris and Georgia (Ely) Fox of Willard, MO., and passed Oct. 12, 2014 with her angel at her side. Betty married Dillard Nichols Nov. 1945, and he passed in Aug. 1972. She then married Glenn Sovereign in May 1977, and he passed on Sept. 22, 1999. She lived all of her life in Willard and Springfield, MO., and worked for the Willard school system for forty years before retiring in 1982. She was preceded in death by her parents and two husbands. She is survived by Mary and Russ Burney, Steve and Pam Burney, and Pat and Jim Seal and their families, a very close friend; Jane High, a cousin; Alan and Lila Liebe, her dear caring neighbors, and her Culpepper family of friends and staff. She is gone, but not forgotten. Graveside services will be on Wed., Oct. 15th at 2:00pm in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens under the direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home North. No formal visitation is planned but friends may visit the funeral home at their convenience on Wednesday, prior to the service. Memorial donations may be made to her church, Pathways United Methodist in Springfield, MO.