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Bettie Sandlin of Alabaster, Alabama passed away peacefully on December 3, 2024. She was born October 28, 1927 in Mansfield, Louisiana, the fifth of eight children of George F. and Hattie Odom Cox (deceased). She is survived by two sisters, Lillie Pearl Stokely and Media Ann Smith (Richard), and has now reunited with Johnnie Belle Kelley, Artis Cox, Jeff Cox, Ray Cox, and Martha Jane Marcus.

Bettie is also survived by three children, James A. Phillips (Ann) of Annapolis, Maryland, Jerra Lynn Dooley (Randy) of Alabaster, and Aubrey M. Phillips (Leighanne) of Elberta, Alabama; four grandchildren, Betsy Burns (John), Dacia Gulledge (Chace), Allan Phillips (Jenny), and Abby Dixon (Paul); and eight great-grandchildren, Josie and Wyatt Burns, Aiden and Liam Phillips, Henry, Jacob and Evelyn Dixon, and Hunter Gulledge, all of whom reflect many excellent traits inherited from their Grandma BJ.

A private funeral service will be on December 13, 2024 at Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Home in Daphne, Alabama, and will be officiated by Dr. Rob Burns. Interment will be at Mobile Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

No flowers, please. Instead, please consider donating to Bettie’s church in her memory: Journey Baptist Church, 100 Aviators View Drive, Alabaster, AL 35007.