Betty Ann Rury

Betty Ann Rury, of Bartlesville, died on June 28, 2024. She was born on March 18, 1936 in Garber, OK to Roy Willard and Hazle Nettie (Dewey) Bebee. She was the youngest of five children and graduated from Garber High School in 1954. Betty Ann attended Southwestern Bible College in Waxahachie, Texas as well as Phillips University in Enid, OK. She then began working in Enid at Vance Air Force Base in an administrative role, and later with the Federal Aviation Administration in Oklahoma City and Fort Sill Army Base in Lawton, OK. Betty completed her work life in Bartlesville with ten years at Phillips Petroleum Company, retiring in 1995. On August 9, 1963, Betty Ann married Charles Alvin Rury of Fletcher, OK, at Grace Assembly of God in Oklahoma City. That same year, the couple traveled to Germany where Charles began his teaching endeavors. They returned to Lawton in 1965, raising their two children, Teresa and Dwayne. The four of them returned to Germany in 1972 and lived in Augsburg for the next eight years. Betty enjoyed traveling around Europe with her husband and family, experiencing locales such as Paris, Barcelona, Vienna, and northern Italy. Upon their return to the states, they lived in Alva and eventually settled in Bartlesville. Betty was always involved in church activities and loved teaching Sunday school and summer Vacation Bible School. She also played the piano, organ, and even the accordion as part of church worship. She had a talent for singing and playing church hymns. Worshiping the Lord through music was her passion. After retirement, Betty Ann and Charles joined RV MAPS as volunteers where they worked for many years, building and renovating churches, church colleges, and orphanages across America. Betty Ann and Charles attended Assemblies of God churches at every stop and called both First Assembly of God (Spirit Church) and Revival Time in Bartlesville their church homes. Betty is survived by her daughter Teresa (Clifford) Morgan of Bartlesville, son Dwayne (Christine) Rury of Tulsa, and grandsons Carson and Cooper Rury. In addition, grandchildren by marriage include Roy Morgan and Andrea (Jeff) Bastings, both of Bartlesville, and great- grandchildren Connor, Klayton, Kambria, and Carter. Betty is preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Charles Alvin Rury. Also, siblings Harold Bebee, Robert Bebee, Willard Ray Bebee, and Ruth Irene Moore. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 and visitation will be also be on Tuesday from 10-8 p.m. at the Davis Family Funeral Home & Crematory – Walker Brown Chapel, 918-333-7665, 4201 Nowata Rd, Bartlesville. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Revival Time Outreach Center, 101 S Virginia Ave., Bartlesville, OK 74003. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday,11 a.m. at the Fletcher Cemetery in Fletcher, OK. Services are under the direction of Carter Davis and the Davis Family Funeral Home & Crematory – Walker Brown Chapel. Online condolences and remembrances may be shared at www.DavisFamilyFuneralHome.com.

Betty Ann Rury

March 18, 1936 - June 28, 2024