Betty Ruth Miller Hefner

Jacksonville, NC – Betty Ruth Miller Hefner, age 73, and formerly of Abingdon, VA, passed on Tuesday, August 13, 2024.

Betty lived most of her life in Abingdon, VA before recently relocating to North Carolina to live with her daughter. She was a graduate of Patrick Henry High School and an employee of Big John’s Convenience Store for many years. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, Guy Edward and Jessie Love Miller; husband, John Paul Hefner; and sister, Elsie Miller Anderson.

Betty is survived by three children, Brian S. Hefner, Sr and wife Susan, Christopher J. Hefner and wife, Tammy and Susan L. Johnson; five grandchildren, Brian S. Hefner, Jr. and wife Cassandra, Meadow A. Knapp, Chase P. Johnson and wife, Chelseia, Bryona N. Johnson and Hayleigh M. Johnson; ten great grand-children, Sophia, Evelyn, Theory, Bentley, Karmyn, Elliana, Xzavyer, Violet, Hayzel and Brynleigh; siblings, Lonnie Miller; Sarah Brinkley; James Miller and wife Sandy; and brother-in-law, Ronald Anderson and several nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held on Sunday, August 18, 2024 from 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm at the Forest Hills Chapel of Farris Funeral Service. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm, Sunday, August 18, 2024 in Colonial Chapel Mausoleum at Forest Hills Memory Gardens. 

Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so by visiting www.farrisfuneralservice.com and signing the online guest register. The family of Betty Ruth Miller Hefner is being cared for by Farris Funeral Service & Crematory, 427 East Main Street, Abingdon, VA 24210, (276) 623-2700.