Betty Jean Millen Settlemyer

Chester Mrs. Betty Jean Millen Settlemyer, 79, died Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, November 2, 2013, at Union ARP Church with Rev. Heiko Burklin officiating.Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Friday, November 1, at Barron Funeral Home, 133 Wylie St., Chester, SC. Mrs. Settlemyer was born October 1, 1934 in Chester, SC and was a daughter of the late Hugh J. Millen and Lois Pittman Millen and the widow of Jerry Wayne Settlemyer.She was a graduate of Lewisville High School and Winthrop College and retired from Chester County Schools as a fourth grade teacher.Mrs. Settlemyer was a member of Neelys Creek ARP Church where she was a part of the Caroline Boyd Circle. She was also a member of Family and Community Leaders in the Lewisville Community. She is survived by one daughter, Lauri S. Fowler and husband Gill of Chester; one son, Kerry Settlemyer and wife Lori of Watkinsville, Georgia; five grandchildren, Chandler and Laurin Fowler of Chester and Megan, Drew and Ashley Settlemyer of Watkinsville, GA.; one sister, Ann Crawford of Chester; two brothers, Bill Millen of Jackson, Tenn. and Jeff Millen of Chester and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to Relay for Life, c/o Hospice Care of SC, Attn:Jan Byars, 173 Columbia St., Chester, SC 29706 or Children’s Tumor Foundation, 95 Pine St., 16th Floor, New York, NY 10005-4002. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.barronfuneralhome.com.