Betty June (Jenkins) Butcher

Betty June (Jenkins) Butcher, 87, of Cambridge passed away Thursday, May 9, 2024, at Southeastern Medical Center.

She was born October 29, 1936, in Sutton, West Virginia, a daughter to the late Pleasant and Pearl Ada Jenkins.

Betty enjoys cooking, reading romance novels, watching Western movies, and fishing. She was a cook at local schools and waitress at the Winterset Restaurant and was a Christian by faith. Betty was considered a mother to everyone.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Butcher, whom she married March 31, 1956, and who passed March 14, 2014; her sons, John Jenkins and Richard Butcher; her daughters, Joyce Michaels and Theresa Robey; and grandsons, Joey Lattea, Justin Butcher, and Matthew.

She is survived by her sons, Fred (Nancy) Butcher of Friendsville, TN and Randy Butcher, of Cambridge; her daughter, Cindy Mulinix of Cambridge; her sister, Patty Grubbs of Clay City, WV; 20 grandchildren; 27 great- grandchildren; 1 great- great grandchild; her sons- in- law, Leonard Robey, Mark Michaels, Emlous Lattea, and Jack Mulinix; and her daughters- in- law, Tracie Cox, Kay Jenkins, Anita Butcher and Denise Butcher.

Visitation will be Thursday, May 16, 2024, from 3PM to 5PM with the service at 5PM at Thorn- Black Funeral Home in Cambridge.