Betty Lou Riner

Funeral Services for Betty Lou Riner,84, of Benton, Louisiana, will be held on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home 2201 Airline Drive Bossier City, Louisiana, at 2:00 p.m. A visitation will be held on December 19, 2023, from 12:00 p.m. until time of service. Officiating the service will be Pastor Jerry Masters.

Betty Lou Swann Riner was born on July 25, 1939, to John William Swann and Ida Mae Swann in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and passed away on Thursday, December 14, 2023, in Benton, Louisiana.

Betty married her one true love, Thomas Riner on June 21, 1958. She gave birth to two children and spent her life dedicated to them. She loved doting on and taking care of them and her husband. She was more than just a homemaker, she took great pride in her home and worked tirelessly cleaning and tending to it. She loved to spend time with her family. She gave her life to the lord and her church. She spent many years as a member of Red River Church in Benton, Louisiana. She sang in the choir and loved church hymns. She was always reading her bible and sharing God’s love through her kind and compassionate heart. Thomas was her best friend, and they did everything together, they enjoyed sitting side by side watching old movies and westerns, going to plays, and exploring museums. She enjoyed traveling and going on trips with her husband. They would take the RV and hit the road going off to visit her siblings and other family members and staying gone for weeks at a time. Her family was her everything and she was theirs. She will be dearly missed by them all.

Betty Lou Riner was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Shirley Plowman and Doris Blazie; and brother, John Swann Jr. Left to cherish her memories are her loving husband, Thomas Riner Sr.; daughter, Sheila Luna and husband, Gilbert; son, Thomas Riner Jr., grandchildren, William Luna, Jessie Fletcher and husband, Donald, and Tyler Riner; six great-grandchildren; sisters, Brenda Warren, and Judy Hendley.

The family suggests that memorials may be made to Red River Baptist Church in Benton, Louisiana 3301 E Linton Road Benton, Louisiana 71006.