A memorial service for Betty Anne Key Stevenson, 92, will be held on Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Noel Memorial United Methodist Church, 520 Herndon St., Shreveport, Louisiana. Officiating the service will be Reverend Mimi McDowell and Rachel Scott.
Betty was born in Greenville, Mississippi on September 13, 1928 and passed away on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 in Shreveport, Louisiana.
She completed high school in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1946. After working in Little Rock, she married William Henry Stevenson on April 9, 1950. After moving to Tulsa, Oklahoma where he was a student at University of Tulsa, they lived in Southern Illinois for a while working in the oil field and Washington, D.C. while he served in the United States Army.
After moving to Shreveport, Louisiana they joined Noel Memorial Methodist Church. In Shreveport, they built a home and raised a family. Betty Anne was an accomplished artist and spent many years with the Hoover Watercolor Society.
She is preceded in death by her parents, John Baker Key, Sr. and Mary Louise Livesay Key; brother, John Baker Key, Jr.; son-in-law, Frank Albert Shelton and grandson, Charles Matthew Stevenson. She is survived by her husband of 70 years, William Henry Stevenson; daughter, Sherri Anne Stevenson Shelton of Tallulah, Louisiana; son, Andrew Henry Stevenson of Shreveport, Louisiana; grandchildren, AJ Stevenson and wife, Lori of Blanchard, Louisiana and Lauren Ashley Shelton Laughman and husband, Brandon of Prosper, Texas and great-grandchildren, Garrett William Stevenson, Chase Evan Stevenson, Camden Carter Laughman and Eliza Camille Laughman.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials may be made to Noel Memorial United Methodist Church, 520 Herndon St., Shreveport, LA 71101.