Funeral Services for Mrs. Betty McDonald Dantes of Bonaire, Georgia will be held on Friday, January 26, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at New Hope Baptist Church, Montezuma, Georgia. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Betty Mae McDonald Dantes was born on February 4, 1948 in Montezuma, Georgia to proud parents Jesse and Ineze McDonald. Betty attended D. F. Douglas High School where she graduated with the class of 1966. She received her degree in Education from Fort Valley State College. She worked as an outstanding educator for over 30 years. After many years of dedicated service, she retired from Chatham County Public Schools in Savannah, Georgia. Betty loved sewing, trying new recipes, doing puzzles and most of all spending time with family.
Betty was called home on January 22, 2018. She was preceded in death by her mother, father and two siblings. Precious memories will forever remain with her loving family which includes her husband of over forty years, Augustin Dantes, Sr.; four children: Mauricia (El-Roy) of Chicago, Illinois, Augustin Dantes, Jr. (Edlena) of Warner Robins, Georgia, Thecla Dantes of Atlanta, Georgia, Edmund Dantes of St. Lucia, West Indies, and a very devoted niece/daughter Michelle McDonald of Savannah, Georgia; eight grandchildren: Christion, Zaiah, Laquan, Augustin III, Ellison, Edmund, Corinne, and Essiah. She also leaves to cherish her memory her siblings: Cora, Jimmy (Angela), Willie, Curtis (Annette), Lewis (Brenda), Sandra (Barney), Theresa (James), and Veleeta. Her nieces and nephews include Connie, Daryl, Nicole, Sharon, Tony, Treece, Brian, Jamie, Sheena, Jessica, a host of other nieces and nephews, and a very devoted friend of thirty-eight years, Mrs. Gertrude Boyd.
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