Betty Jean Wheeler, 81, of Elizabethtown, died Monday, July 14, 2014, at Kensington Manor Nursing Home in Elizabethtown.She was a native of Hardin County and a member of Gilead Baptist Church and was a member of Sunshiners Senior Adult Senior Citizens Club.She was preceded in death by her parents, James Corbett and Cora Mae Wortham Handley.She is survived by her husband of 62 1/2 years, Herbert L. "Bud" Wheeler of Elizabethtown; a daughter, Anita (John) Pleacher of Caneyville; and two grandchildren.The funeral is at 11 a.m. Thursday at Brown Funeral Home in Elizabethtown with the Rev. Sam Hinkson officiating. Burial follows in Sonora Cemetery.Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and continues after 9 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.