Betty W. Muldrow

Betty Lou Whitaker Muldrow, 76, died Saturday (Sept. 27, 2008) at Carolinas Medical Center-Union. Funeral, officiated by the Rev. Ginger Tucker, the Rev. Phyllis Slaymon and the Rev. J. Derrill Smith, will be 4 p.m. Tuesday at Gordon Funeral Service, with burial in Lakeland Memorial Park. Born Nov. 8, 1931, in Cocke County, Tenn., she was a daughter of the late Jesse Russell and Louie Stuart Whitaker. She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Nellie Ottinger and Grace Whitaker. She was retired as laboratory supervisor at Union Memorial Hospital and was active for many years in the American Medical Technologists and the North Carolina Society of American Medical Technologists. She won Technologist of the Year awards from both groups as well as from the North Carolina Board of Health. She also won the Distinguished Award from the national group and held a variety of offices and won numerous other awards from both the state and national groups. After retiring, she enjoyed traveling, gardening -- especially with her friends in the Union County Master Gardeners -- and playing with her old-farm shepherd, Molly. Survivors include her husband, William B. Muldrow of the home; three sons, Jim Muldrow and wife Cheryl of Monroe; Charles Muldrow and wife Jody of Mount Pleasant, S.C., Jeff Muldrow and wife Leslie of Lenoir City, Tenn.; and two grandsons, Blake Muldrow and Camden Muldrow, both of Mount Pleasant, S.C. Visitation will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at Gordon Funeral Service. In lieu of flowers, Betty requested that memorials may be made to the Union County Master Gardener Volunteers, c/o Michelle Verwey, treasurer, 5001 Fairview Road, Monroe, NC 28110; or the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at Johns Hopkins University, c/o Ralph H. Hruban, M.D., Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 401 North Broadway, Weinberg 2242, Baltimore, MD 21231-2410. Donations for the latter may also be made online at http://pathology.jhu.edu/pancreas/Support.php Published online on September 28, 2008 courtesy of Gordon Funeral Service, Inc. .