Betty Jane Hampton, 87, of Oak Ridge died Wednesday, October 1, 2014, at Parkwest Medical Center of Knoxville.
Mrs. Hampton was born June 10, 1927, in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, the daughter of Charles and Velma Greene. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Benic Preston Hampton Sr.
She is survived by her son, Benic Preston Hampton Jr. and his wife Debbie, of Maryville; sister, Mary Frances Tolliver and her husband Berdell, of Oak Ridge; grandchildren, Christopher James Hampton and his wife Kristen, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and Heather Megan Mounce and her husband Cory, of Knoxville; great-grandchildren Samantha and Matthew Hampton, and Preston Mounce; and by numerous nieces, nephews, and friends who were like family. [Read more…]