Betty Sue Clouse , March 24, 1940 — December 31, 2018

Thurman Funeral Home 44 North Main Street Sparta, TN 38583-0357 Betty Sue Clouse, age 78, passed away on Monday, December 31, 2018 at Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital in Sparta, TN. She was born in Ravenscroft, TN on March 24, 1940 to J.B. Anderson and Hazel Marie Anderson. Betty Sue Clouse attended elementary and high school without missing a single day.

She also skipped the seventh grade. She was proud of this accomplishment. Betty Sue Clouse was a college graduate who worked her way through college, while raising five small children.

She worked at Mallory Timers in Sparta, Tennessee, Libbey Glass in Shreveport, Louisiana and was a licensed real estate agent. Betty Sue Clouse was an avid animal lover, never turning a rescue down and would even come get her children’s animals at times. She loved her farm and home dearly that she built and shared with her loving husband.

Betty Sue Clouse met her husband, Truman Clouse, when she was only 16 and her proudest achievement was being his wife for 61 years. She was also proud to be a mother to her five children. She was the rock of the Clouse family, the one that each family member turned to in a time of need.

Her husband and family will miss her dearly for the rest of their lives. She is survived by her husband, Truman Douglas Clouse; sons, David Dean Clouse (Lori), Douglas Keith Clouse, and Gary Glen Clouse; daughters, Patricia Jean Crawford (Mike), and Connie Sue Swann; brother, James (Jimmy) Loyd Anderson; sisters, Lois Fay Anderson, and Reba Jean Anderson; 15 grandchildren, and 25 great grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, JB and Hazel Marie Anderson; Sister, Venice Gray; and great grandchild Sawyer David Simmons.

Pall Bearers: Gary Dean Clouse, Jimmy Clouse, David Clouse, Cameron Clouse, Andrew Clouse, Mike Crawford Arrangements: Family will accept visitors on Friday, January 4, 2019 in the chapel of Thurman Funeral home from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM Service will begin at 2:00PM Saturday, January 5, 2019 at Thurman Funeral Home. Internment Smith’s Chapel Cemetery. Thurman Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements.

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