Mrs. Betty Grinage
Mrs. Betty Sue Friend Grinage, age 73, resident of Texarkana, Arkansas, passed peacefully from this life on Monday, November 27, 2023, in the CHRISTUS St. Michael Heath System, Texarkana, Texas.

Betty was born one of three children to the union of George Wallace and Stella Mae Tedford Friend on April 28, 1950, in Dierks, Arkansas. She was a 1968 graduate of Dierks High School and went on to attend Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia. Betty was a homemaker, tending to her family and raising her children. On June 21, 1994, Betty married the love of her life, Terry Lee Grinage, in Texarkana, Arkansas. She enjoyed traveling with Terry and her family, hunting, fishing, nature, and just being outdoors. Betty best spent her time with Terry, their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Wallace and Stella Friend; her brother and sister-in-law, Bobby and Charlene Friend; her brother-in-law, Randy Hall; and a nephew, Russell Hall.

Betty leaves to cherish her memory, her loving husband of almost thirty years, Terry Grinage of Texarkana, Arkansas; her sister, Linda Hall of De Queen; their children and spouses, Shelly and Johnny Mitchell of Texarkana, Texas, Beth and Glenn Lummus of Texarkana, Arkansas, Frankie Mills of De Queen, Arkansas, and Rowdy and Shirley Horner of Genoa, Arkansas; she was "MawMaw" to her ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and also survived by a number of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and a host of friends she called family.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Betty Grinage will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, December 2, 2023, in the Chandler Funeral Home Chapel with Glenn Lummus and Rowdy Horner officiating. Interment will follow at Redmen Cemetery in De Queen. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M., Friday, at the funeral home. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Chandler Funeral Home of De Queen. You may leave a condolence online at www.chandlerfuneral.com.

In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorials be made to either the Pauley Cemetery Fund or Stateline Baptist Church, both c/o Horatio State Bank, 123 Main Street, Horatio, Arkansas 71842, in memory of Mrs. Betty Grinage.