A memorial service will be held for Betty Jean Criswell at 1 p.m., Saturday, July 31, at
Philadelphia Baptist Church, Hwy 550 NW, Brookhaven, MS.
Betty Jean Criswell, 89, of Wesson, MS, died July 19, 2021. She was born February 22, 1932, to
Rivers H. Case and Ruthie A. Case. She was a seamstress by trade and has made hundreds of
cloth bags for Samaritans Purse Ministry. Betty enjoyed gardening, and she loved to mow the
lawn and watch the goats she raised. She was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church and will be
greatly missed by her family and friends.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her brother, and three sisters.
Those left to cherish her memory are her sons, Edsel L. Criswell and Randall Wayne Criswell; daughters,
Barbara Gail Case, Sylvia Ann Douglas, and Mary Ruth Fagan; sister, Cynthia Case Stroud (Faye);
12 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, and three great-great grandchildren. She is also
survived by her close, coffee friends and her faith family at Philadelphia.
