<!-- FH = Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home -->BETTY JEANFREEMANBURNSVILLE - Betty Jean Freeman, 71, of the Bowditch Community, went to be with the Lord Saturday, February 5, 2011. A native of Yancey county, she was the daughter of the late Theodore and Ruth Robinson Freeman and a retired employee of Glen Raven Mills.Surviving are a daughter, Sherry Fender and husband, Bill; and two grandsons, Jonathan and Casey Fender, all of Burnsville; three sisters, Genavee Layell and Willa Mae Whitson of Burnsville and Jerlean Silvers and husband, Stanley, of Swannanoa; a brother, Doyle Freeman and wife, Teresa, of Mills River; a niece and a great niece; a nephew and two great nephews. Betty Jean was very devoted to her family and friends.Funeral service will be held at 1 PM Monday in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home. Pastor Charley Carroway will officiate. Burial will be in the Gibbs Cemetery at Bald Creek.The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 PM Sunday at the funeral home and at other times at the home of Willa Mae Whitson.To view this obituary online or send a condolence visit www.holcombebrothers.com