Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
4:51 pm Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Betty Frances Dill Goble

Betty Frances Dill Goble, age 90, of Russellville, passed away March 8 at Burns Nursing and Rehab. Visitation was held March 11 from noon to 1 p.m. at Akins Funeral Home. Service with adjoining Eastern Star Service was March 11 at 1 p.m. Burial followed in the Franklin Memory Gardens.

She was retired from TVA and a member of the Eastern Star.

She was preceded in death by her husband, R.T. Goble, Brookport, Ill.; her parents, Johnie and Ethel Benton Dill; sister-in-law Mavis Dill; and niece Angela Leopard, all of Russellville.

Survivors are her brother, William Benton Dill, Russellville; daughter, Kaye Alice Kleeman and husband Reg, Tell City, Ind.; son, Oral Lee Goble and wife Linda, Parkland, Fla.; nieces, Kathy Masterson and husband Greg, Barbara Baker and husband Tim, Deborah Lindsey and husband Steve, all of Russellville, Pam Fuller and husband Roger of Phil Campbell and Joy Benton Yates, Enterprise; nephews, Johnny Dill and wife April, Madison, and Bobby Leopard, Russellville; grandchildren, Wesley Kleeman and wife Judy of Hawesville, Ky., and Christopher Goble of Parkland, Fla.; great-grandchildren, Hunter and Kynslee Kleeman; great-nieces, Erin and Benton Masterson of Florence, Jordan Lindsey of Tuscaloosa, Lacie Valdez and husband Jay of Phil Campbell, Annie Fuller of Phil Campbell, Amber Vaughn and husband Rodney of Muscle Shoals, Christy Spence and husband Jeremy and Haley Puskac, all of Enterprise; great-nephews, Nathan Baker and wife Hilyre of Tuscaloosa and Eric Leopard of Russellville; great-great-nieces, Ruby Baker, Jordan Spence, Peyton Puskac, Jaci Valdez and Aubree Valdez; and great-great-nephews, Everett Baker and Jeremiah Spence.

Pall bearers will be her nephews.

The family would like to thank Burns Nursing Home, Jamie Lane and Kana Fugate for all the love and care shown to their loved one.

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