Betty Rowland

Betty Ann Hellums Rowland, age 72, of Portage, MI died Monday, June 27th, 2016 in Kalamazoo, MI. Funeral services will be Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 at 3:00 P.M. at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Oxford, MS with the Rev. Ann Whitaker officiating. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery in Oxford, MS. Visitation will be held at St. Peter's Episcopal Church on Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 from 1:00 P.M. until service time. Born in Batesville, MS, Betty married her husband, Clayton Rowland, at St. Peter's Episcopal Church on April 30th, 1972. She taught Pharmacy as well as becoming only one of the few pharmaceutical librarians in the country. Betty enjoyed genealogy, reading westerns and mysteries, quilting, needlepoint and painting. She was a member of the Kalamazoo Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution as well as the Daughters of the Confederacy. Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Clayton Richard Rowland of Schenectady, NY and her grandson, Maxim Leonidas Rowland of Portsmouth, VA. Survivors include her son, James Winfred Rowland and his wife Jennifer Lynn Rowland of Portage, MI; her other grandson, Xavier Alexander Rowland of Portage, MI; her sister Winifred Ruth Moseley of Hattiesburg, MS. Memorial contributions in Betty's memory may be made to Rose Arbor Hospice Center, 5473 Croyden Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49009 or charity of your choice. Waller Funeral Home, 662-234-7971.