Betty M. Barnes, 89, of Williamstown, died Thursday, May 15, 2014, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Edgewood. She was preceded in death by her parents, W. J. Bryan and Stella Roedeger Barnes. She was a former chemistry research technician at the University of Rochester Medical School and a school teacher in Renfield, N.Y. She was a graduate of the University of Kentucky, a longtime former member of the Baptist faith and current member of the Williamstown United Methodist Church, a member of Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority, former member of Williamstown Homemakers, a member and past president of Williamstown Woman's Club, member of Grant County Historical Society, member of Capt. John Lillard Chapter of Daughters of American Revolution, a former volunteer at Williamstown Women's Crisis Center, a former tutor of the Grant County Literacy Program and in 2009 was named to the Williamstown High School Wall of Fame.Survivors include her son, Dennis A. (Candace) Risen of Pepper Pike, Ohio; a daughter, Barbara (Dan) Reisenauer of West Chester, Ohio; granddaughters, Lisa Reisenauer, Laura Reisenauer, Amy Risen and Jennifer Chapman and two sisters-by-choice, Mary Louis Mitts Evans of Winchester and Edna P. Risen of Williamstown.Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with funeral services being held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 24 at the Elliston – Stanley Funeral Home in Williamstown. Burial will be in the Williamstown Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Grant County Historical Society or Williamstown Women's Crisis Center, 141 N. Main Street, Williamstown.